Vale: Mike Wallace

CBS newsman Mike Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on 60 Minutes, has died. He was 93.

Wallace was on the staff of 60 Minutes when the TV news magazine began in 1968, and was one of its mainstays from then on.

He went on to interview the likes of Martin Luther King, John F Kennedy, Malcolm X and Yasser Arafat before announcing his retirement in 2006, but continued contributing occasional reports.

Wallace was known for spending hours preparing for interviews and for his skeptical follow-up questioning.

Source: LA Times