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CBS newsman Mike Wallace, the merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career as a reporter on the celebrated news show "60 Minutes," died April 7, 2012. He was 93.
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FILE - This 1968 photo released by CBS shows \"60 Minutes\" correspondents Harry Reasoner, left, and Mike Wallace, right, with creator and producer Don Hewitt on the set in New York. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on \"60 Minutes,\" has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/CBS Photo Archive)
FILE - In this Feb. 2, 1980 file photo, co-editor Mike Wallace, left, interviews composer Leonard Bernstein during taping of a part of CBS-TV's \"60 Minutes,\" in New York, in a program set to air four days before a revival of the composer's \"West Side Story\" that opens on Broadway. Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make \"60 Minutes\" the most successful primetime television news program ever, has died. He was 93. (AP Photo, File) NO SALES
FILE - In this Oct. 15, 1984 file photo, CBS-TV Correspondent Mike Wallace, right, and producer George Crile, left, leave U.S. District Court in New York, after attending the trial of a libel suit brought by former Gen. William C. Westmoreland against CBS -TV. Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make \"60 Minutes\" the most successful primetime television news program ever, has died. He was 93. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani, File)
Members of television's \"60 Minutes\" news program gather at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Nov. 10, 1993, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the popular show. From left are: Mike Wallace, Andy Rooney, Morley Safer, Steve Kroft, Ed Bradley, Leslie Stahl and executive producer Don Hewitt.
FILE - In this Feb. 4, 1999 file photo, Barbara Walters and Mike Wallace pose for photographers before the start of a gala for The Museum of Television and Radio in New York. Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make \"60 Minutes\" the most successful primetime television news program ever, has died. He was 93. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
This May 8, 2006 file photo shows Mike Wallace, veteran CBS \" 60 Minutes\" correspondent, waiting in a hallway near his office to see a colleague in New York, Monday May 8, 2006. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on \"60 Minutes,\" has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
FILE - This May 8, 2006 file photo shows Mike Wallace, longtime CBS \"60 Minutes\" correspondent, during an interview at his office in New York. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on \"60 Minutes,\" has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
News anchor Mike Wallace attends the opening night of '700 Sundays' at the Broadhurst Theatre December 5, 2004 in New York City. (Photo by Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)
U.S. President Bill Clinton shares a laugh with Mike Wallace (L), host and interviewer on the CBS television show \"60 Minutes\", as the President appeared at a benefit for the Martha's Vineyard hospital held at Farm Neck Golf Club in the Martha's Vineyard town of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, in this August 23, 1999 file photograph. Wallace, who earned a reputation as a tough interviewer on the network's \"60 Minutes\" show, died at the age of 93, the network said on April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/Files
FILE - This Jan. 15, 2008, file photo shows television news journalist Mike Wallace at the 2007 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala in New York. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on \"60 Minutes,\" has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
News reporters Barbara Walters and Mike Wallace pose at the Museum of Television & Radio's annual gala in New York in this February 4, 1999 file photograph. Wallace, who earned a reputation as a tough interviewer on the network's \"60 Minutes\" show, died at the age of 93, the network said on April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen/Files (UNITED STATES SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT - Tags: OBITUARY PROFILE) SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT
Morley Safer (L) and Mike Wallace arrive at the Museum of Television & Radio's annual gala in New York, in this February 8, 2007 file photograph. Wallace, who earned a reputation as a tough interviewer on the network's \"60 Minutes\" show, died at the age of 93, the network said on April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Chip East/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY OBITUARY ENTERTAINMENT)
CBS journalist Mike Wallace exits Riverside Church after thousands gathered for a memorial service for newsman Ed Bradley in New York in this November 21, 2006 file photograph. Wallace, who earned a reputation as a tough interviewer on the network's \"60 Minutes\" show, died at the age of 93, the network said on April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Chip East/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY OBITUARY ENTERTAINMENT)
