US television journalist Mike Wallace dies
US television journalist Mike Wallace has died at the age of 93. He was best known for the magazine program "60 Minutes", which the journalist co-founded in 1968.
Wallace died on Saturday in New Canaan in the US state of Connecticut in a circle of
of his relatives died. This was announced by the TV station CBS on Sunday. The reporter interviewed numerous politicians at home and abroad during his career and was famous for his persistent questioning. During his decades-long career, Wallace interviewed almost all US presidents of the past half century. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin also answered his questions. In an interview with the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, Wallace did not shy away from asking him if he was crazy. He remembers a conversation with pianist Vladimir Horowitz as his best interview. According to CBS, two "cunning, manic" people met.
His persistent questioning style earned Wallace 21 Emmys and many other awards. He retired from day-to-day work for the program in 2006, but continued to work for it occasionally until 2008. (sda)
