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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] .
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...
Aug 19, 2009 · Don Hewitt was a pioneer of television news and the executive producer of 60 Minutes, the most successful news magazine in history. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2009 at the age of 86, after a career spanning over 60 years at CBS.
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...
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.
- Dennis Mclellan
Aug 19, 2009 · A look at the life and career of the pioneering television journalist best known as the creator of "60 Minutes." Don Hewitt is born in New York City. Hewitt begins his journalism career as...
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,...
