Morley Safer: Canadian-American reporter and correspondent (1931-2016)
Morley Safer (November 8, 1931 – May 19, 2016) was a Canadian-American reporter and correspondent for CBS News.
He was best known for his long tenure on the newsmagazine 60 Minutes. He retired in May 2016, shortly before his death.
Morley Safer | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Morley Safer at the LBJ Presidential Library, May 2010 | |
| Born | November 8, 1931 |
| Died | May 19, 2016 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Canadian, American |
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario |
| Occupation | News reporter |
| Years active | 1964–2016 |
| Spouse | Jane Fearer |
| Children | Sarah Alice Anne Safer |
Safer died at his home in Manhattan, New York City on May 19, 2016 from pneumonia, aged 84.
References
Other websites
- Booknotes interview with Safer on Flashbacks on Returning to Vietnam, May 6, 1990. Archived November 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- C-SPAN Q&A interview with Safer, October 7, 2012
This short article about a person from the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.This article uses material from the Wikipedia Simple English article Morley Safer, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Simple English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.