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Old 08-19-09 | 10:37 AM
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Don Hewitt dead at 86

Just flashed on MSNBC that the creator of 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt has died at 86 of pancreatic cancer.
Old 08-19-09 | 12:04 PM
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Just saw that. Makes me want to go watch The Insider.
Old 08-19-09 | 12:23 PM
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RIP, one of the pioneers that made 60 Minutes a household name.

Just amazed that he and Mike Wallace to chose to work as long as they did. I recall he was "forced" to retire 6 years ago at age 80. I don't know about all of you, but if I still have my health and vitality at that age, I'm going to be long retired and traveling.
Old 08-19-09 | 03:38 PM
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I have never seen this many big names die in one year:

-Michael Jackson
-Farrah Fawcitt
-Don Hewitt
-Ed McMahon
-Walter Cronkite

I know there are more names.....
Old 08-19-09 | 05:17 PM
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1977 is hard to beat.

Elvis
Groucho Marx
Bing Crosby
(they were all within a month!)
Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and Cassie Gaines
Howard Hawks
Charlie Chaplin
Freddie Prinze
Joan Crawford
Wernher von Braun
Old 08-19-09 | 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by TLwizard
Just saw that. Makes me want to go watch The Insider.
"You fucked up, Don"

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