Mike Wallace
American journalist
Died when: 93 years 334 days (1126 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Myron Leon Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality.He interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his seven-decade career.
He was one of the original correspondents featured on CBS news program 60 Minutes, which debuted in 1968.Wallace retired as a regular full-time correspondent in 2006, but still appeared occasionally on the series until 2008.
He is the father of Chris Wallace.Wallace interviewed many politicians, celebrities, and academics, such as Vladimir Horowitz, Luciano Pavarotti, Malcolm X, Richard Nixon, Pearl S.
Buck, Deng Xiaoping, Ronald Reagan, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Jiang Zemin, Ruhollah Khomeini, Kurt Waldheim, Frank Lloyd Wright, Yasser Arafat, Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat, Manuel Noriega, John Nash, Gordon B.
Hinckley, Vladimir Putin, Maria Callas, Barbra Streisand, Salvador Dalí, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, William Carlos Williams, Mickey Cohen, Roy Cohn, Dean Reed, Jimmy Fratianno, Aldous Huxley, and Ayn Rand.
Related People
American journalist
American journalist
American journalist