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Joe Peyronnin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Don Hewitt, Morley Safer, Les Moonves, Alan Alda, Jeff Fager, Don Hewitt Memorial Service, 60 Minutes, Phil Scheffler, Time Warner Center, Media News
Joe Peyronnin

Yesterday, Don Hewitt was remembered as a true pioneer of broadcast news in a touching ceremony at the Rose Hall in New York's Time Warner Center.

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Don Hewitt Memorial: Friends, Colleague Remember CBS News Legend

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — At the end, there were too many stories to keep television news pioneer Don Hewitt's memorial service to 60 minutes. A CBS News life...

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Don Hewitt Memorial Service Set For October 19 In New York

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

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A memorial service for "60 Minutes" creator and CBS News legend Don Hewitt, who died in August, will be held Monday, October 19, in New York. The ser...

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The End Of 2009's Summer Of Death

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Don Hewitt, Mary Travers, Farrah Fawcett, Dominick Dunne, Ted Kennedy, John Hughes, Dom Deluise, Robert S. McNamara, Walter Cronkite, Ed McMahon, Billy Mays, DJ AM, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Frank Mccourt, David Carradine, Patrick Swayze, Les Paul, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — We had been told to expect the deaths of the famous to come in threes, not in the dozens. But all through the summer of 2009 came a ...

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Blah, Blah, Blah, It's A Business

Nelson Davis | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Talk Radio, Conservatives, Fairness Doctrine, Don Hewitt, Business News
Nelson Davis

Rule number one for current talk radio success seems to be to demonize a person, his or her belief system, or an entire political party.

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Remembering Don Hewitt, Taking Woodstock, Michael Vick and More

Alec Baldwin | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ang Lee, Don Hewitt Dead, Don Hewitt, Michael Vick, CBS News, Cbs, 60 Minutes, Taking Woodstock, Entertainment News
Alec Baldwin

Sunday nights have been sacred television time in my house for years now. That's thanks to David Chase and, especially, to Don Hewitt and the cast, producers and staff of 60 Minutes.

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Memories of Don Hewitt

Murray Fromson | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

Read More: CBS News, Don Hewitt, Buck Zimmerman, Richard Nixon, 60 Minutes, Sandy Socolow, Walter Cronkite, Media News
Murray Fromson

I knew Don Hewitt when he was up and down, mostly up, and those who participated in Hewitt's shadow were grateful for the opportunity to be one of the lucky ones.

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Lesley Stahl On "60 Minutes" Boss Don Hewitt: He Hated My Hair...And I Loved Him!

wowOwow | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

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He paused, and squirmed. He said the last thing he wanted was to upset me. "Well, just go for it," I said. So he blurted it out: "I hate your hair ....

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Don Hewitt and the Art of Truth

Steven Weber | Posted 09.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Don Hewitt Death, Don Hewitt Dead, Don Hewitt, Tv Journalism, 60 Minutes, Media News
Steven Weber

In 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt created a salon for the nation, an oasis in the midst of a saccharine, pop culture desert. It is one hour of much needed sophistication, every week.

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Appreciating The Don

Jeff Gralnick | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Don Hewitt, Media News
Jeff Gralnick

The legacies for The Don are far more than just 60 Minutes. Big event television news? Hewitt birthed it. The anchor on location for the big story? Hewitt birthed that too. And then there was the "big get." Hewitt pioneered that concept.

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Don Hewitt Remembered

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill Clinton, In TV Faceoff Wanted to Pit Bill Clinton Against Gingrich or Bill O'Reilly but Gets Stuck With Bob Dole, Feud With HIllary, Don Hewitt, Monica Lewinsky, Media News
Carol Felsenthal

So sad today to read of the death of Don Hewitt, 86, the brains behind 60 Minutes. I talked to him at length in 2006 and he was one of the most entertaining and sweet people I've interviewed.

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Don Hewitt Remembered By Colleagues As A Legend

Huffington Post | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media

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CBS CEO Les Moonves: "In the history of journalism, there have been few who were as creative, dynamic and versatile as Don Hewitt. The depth and brea...

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Don Hewitt Dead At 86

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — Don Hewitt, a TV news pioneer who created "60 Minutes" and produced the popular CBS newsmagazine for 36 years, died Wednesday. He was...

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Farewell Walter Cronkite

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Walter Cronkite, Walter Cronkite Funeral, Socolow, Andy Rooney Walter Cronkite, Don Hewitt, Andy Rooney, Cronkite, CBS News, CBS Evening News, Media News
Joe Peyronnin

At the funeral today, Andy Rooney recounted how they met during World War II, when the Air Force would arrange to take them on bombing missions. Rooney became too upset to go on and stepped down.

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Five Things You Didn't Hear About Walter Cronkite

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Ernie Leiser, Don Hewitt, Upi, Walter Cronkite, Jane Fonda, Walter Cronkite Dead, Documentaries, George Clooney, CBS News, Bicentenial, Cbs, The China Syndrome, Michael Douglas, Robin Williams, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

Stories from before Cronkite was Cronkite

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Don Hewitt, "60 Minutes" Creator, Has Cancer

AP | Posted 04.18.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — Don Hewitt, the legendary mastermind of CBS News' "60 Minutes," is battling pancreatic cancer. "60 Minutes" spokesman Kevin Tedesco ...

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Four Ways to Civilize and Simplify Debates

Martin Nolan | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Senatorial Courtesy, Don Hewitt, NBC News, Chicago, 21 Million Republicans, Russell Baker, The New York Times, Sander Vanocur, Gew Ifil, 1960, Presidential Debates, 37 Million Democrats, Jim Lehre, Tom Brokaw, Theodore H. White, Third Parties, The Making of the President 1960, Dancing With the Stars, North Carolina, Politics News
Martin Nolan

Shouldn't a president be concise on issues? Candidates seem to ignore the signals of blinking lights, so let's install an emphatic alarm that sounds somewhere between a fart and a fire engine.

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McCain and Obama Prepare for a Showdown: Deja vu?

Jerry Weissman | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Karl Rove, John McCain, Don Hewitt, Richard Nixon, Tell Me a Story, New York Times, Presidential Debates, Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jerry Weissman

Tomorrow night is the night when Senators John McCain and Barack Obama are scheduled to meet in the first of three presidential debates. Whether it ta...

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The Big Unmentionable

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Tammy Wynette, The Today Show, Meredith Vieira, Don Hewitt, Hillary, The Name That Must Not Be Spoken, 60 Minutes, Politics News
Carol Felsenthal

The former president's absence from Hillary's photo album brings the campaign full circle. So poor Bill, who has temporarily dropped from sight, sustained a double humiliation.

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