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Bob Simon, veteran ’60 Minutes’ correspondent, killed in car crash Bob Simon, veteran ’60 Minutes’ correspondent, killed in car crash
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Veteran CBS television correspondent Bob Simon was killed late Wednesday night in a car accident on New York City’s West Side Highway.Veteran CBS television correspondent Bob Simon was killed late Wednesday night in a car accident on New York City’s West Side Highway.
Simon, a longtime correspondent for CBS’ “60 Minutes,” was in the back seat of a livery cab about 6:45 p.m. when the driver lost control, sideswiped a Mercedes-Benz and ran into a metal median separating traffic on the highway, according to the New York Police Department. When police arrived at the scene, Simon was unconscious and unresponsive with injuries to his head and torso. He was transported to Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, where he was pronounced dead. He was 73.Simon, a longtime correspondent for CBS’ “60 Minutes,” was in the back seat of a livery cab about 6:45 p.m. when the driver lost control, sideswiped a Mercedes-Benz and ran into a metal median separating traffic on the highway, according to the New York Police Department. When police arrived at the scene, Simon was unconscious and unresponsive with injuries to his head and torso. He was transported to Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, where he was pronounced dead. He was 73.
Both drivers were injured. The cab driver was listed in stable condition, though the other driver’s condition was unclear. New York police are investigating the incident.Both drivers were injured. The cab driver was listed in stable condition, though the other driver’s condition was unclear. New York police are investigating the incident.
Simon joined CBS News in 1969 and joined “60 Minutes” in 1996. During his 46 years at the network, he covered the Vietnam War from Saigon as well as the first Gulf War, during which in 1991, he was captured by Iraqi forces and held for 40 days. He won numerous awards for his reporting, including dozens of Emmys. His most recent story for “60 Minutes” aired over the weekend, featuring an interview with Ava DuVernay, the director of the Academy Award-nominated film “Selma.” During a special news report on Wednesday night, “CBS Evening News” anchor Scott Pelley announced Simon’s death and offered condolences to his family and friends.
“We have some sad news from within our CBS News family,” Pelley said, with red eyes. “Our colleague Bob Simon was killed this evening.”
“Vietnam is where he first began covering warfare, and he gave his firsthand reporting from virtually every major battlefield around the world since,” he added.
Simon joined CBS News in 1969 and joined “60 Minutes” in 1996. He later became a correspondent for “60 Minutes II.” During his 46 years at the network, he reported from war zones in Portugal, Cyprus, The Falklands, Persian Gulf, Yugoslavia. He covered American military actions in Grenada, Somalia and Haiti. Perhaps most notably, he covered the Vietnam War from Saigon and the Persian Gulf War, during which in 1991, he was captured by Iraqi forces and held for 40 day, according to his biography on CBS’s Web site.
His most recent piece for “60 Minutes” aired last weekend, featuring an interview with Ava DuVernay, the director of “Selma,” an Academy Award-nominated film about the civil rights march to Montgomery, Ala., in 1965.
Simon won numerous awards for work, including 27 Emmys, which may be the most held by a journalist for field reporting, CBS said. He also received the prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for “Shame of Srebrenica,” a “60 Minutes II” report on genocide during the Bosnian War.
On Wednesday night, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, who sometimes worked with Simon for “60 Minutes,” said that when Simon presented a story “you knew it was going to be something special.”
“Bob was — and I’ll tell you it’s very hard to talk about him in the past tense — but Bob was for the last five decades, simply one of the best, in my opinion,” Coooper said, “at getting a story, telling a story, writing a story and making it simply unforgettable.”
CBS News Vice President Chris Licht said on Twitter that Simon was “a true legend.CBS News Vice President Chris Licht said on Twitter that Simon was “a true legend.
“The tragic loss of Bob Simon is heartbreaking news for the entire CBS family,” he said.“The tragic loss of Bob Simon is heartbreaking news for the entire CBS family,” he said.
In a special news report Wednesday night, “CBS Evening News” anchor Scott Pelley noted that Simon’s daughter, Tanya, is also a producer for “60 Minutes.”In a special news report Wednesday night, “CBS Evening News” anchor Scott Pelley noted that Simon’s daughter, Tanya, is also a producer for “60 Minutes.”
“Tonight, our thoughts are with Tanya and Bob’s family and his many, many friends,” he said.“Tonight, our thoughts are with Tanya and Bob’s family and his many, many friends,” he said.