60 MINUTES ICON DON HEWITT DEAD AT 86

Don Hewitt

CBS icon Don Hewitt who invented "60 Minutes" and produced the popular news television show for over 36 years, died today. He was 86. The legend died of pancreatic cancer at his Bridgehampton home, CBS said. His death came month after that of fellow CBS legend Walter Cronkite passed away. Hewitt joined CBS News in 1948, and produced the first televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960. Hewitt had once said he wanted to "die at my desk,". Having met Don a few times, he was a gentleman and a pioneer of television.
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