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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Don_HewittDon Hewitt - Wikipedia

    Donald Shepard Hewitt [1] (December 14, 1922 – August 19, 2009) was an American television news producer and executive, best known for creating the CBS television news magazine 60 Minutes in 1968, which at the time of his death was the longest-running prime-time broadcast on American television. [2] .

  2. www.nytimes.com › 2009/08/20 › businessDon Hewitt, Creator of ‘60 Minutes,’ Dies at 86

    Aug 20, 2009 · Aug. 19, 2009. Don Hewitt, who changed the course of broadcast news by creating the television magazine “60 Minutes,” fusing journalism and show business as never before, and who then...

  3. www.reuters.com › article › idUSTRE57I4AKDon Hewitt, creator of "60 Minutes," dead at 86 | Reuters

    Aug 19, 2009 · NEW YORK (Reuters) - Don Hewitt, creator of CBS News' groundbreaking "60 Minutes" program and one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in U.S. television journalism, died of...

  4. www.cbsnews.com › news › tv-news-giant-don-hewitt-dies-at-86TV News Giant Don Hewitt Dies At 86 - CBS News

    Aug 19, 2009 · Don Hewitt, recognized as a father of modern television news and the creator of the medium's most successful broadcast, 60 Minutes, died of pancreatic...

  5. www.cnn.com › 2009 › US'60 Minutes' creator Don Hewitt dies - CNN.com

    Aug 19, 2009 · Television pioneer and longtime CBS executive Don Hewitt, the creator of "60 Minutes," has died, the network said Wednesday. He was 86.

  6. www.seattletimes.com › entertainment › don-hewitt-who-inventedDon Hewitt, who invented ’60 Minutes,’ dies at 86

    Aug 19, 2009 · Don Hewitt, a TV news pioneer who created “60 Minutes” and produced the popular CBS newsmagazine for 36 years, died Wednesday. He was 86. He died of pancreatic cancer at his Bridgehampton home,...

  7. www.latimes.com › local › obituariesDon Hewitt: CBS News pioneer dies - Los Angeles Times

    Aug 20, 2009 · “60 Minutes” was the brainchild of Don Hewitt, the show’s longtime executive producer, who died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Bridgehampton, N.Y., at age 86.

  8. www.vanityfair.com › news › 2017How Don Hewitt Invented 60 Minutes and Changed Journalism Forever

    Sep 11, 2017 · How Don Hewitt Invented 60 Minutes and Changed Journalism Forever. In his new book Fifty Years of 60 Minutes, Jeff Fager reports on the rise of CBS’s flagship newsmagazine and the role the...

  9. www.theguardian.com › media › 2009Don Hewitt | CBS | The Guardian

    Aug 19, 2009 · Hewitt came to dislike intensely the power of television over elections. He produced TV coverage of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 and the installation of Pope...

  10. www.cbc.ca › 60-minutes-creator-don-hewitt-dies-160 Minutes creator Don Hewitt dies | CBC News

    Aug 19, 2009 · News veteran Don Hewitt, creator of the legendary TV news magazine 60 Minutes, died Wednesday, according to CBS News. He was 86. Hewitt died at his Bridgehampton, N.Y., home of pancreatic...