Aug. 19, 2009

60 Minutes Creator Don Hewitt Has Died

By Jessica Pressler

Don Hewitt, the executive producer of CBS News and the creator of its most successful program, 60 Minutes, died today. He was 86. [CBS]

Related: Don Hewitt’s 59th Minute [NYM]

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