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TV News Pioneer Don Hewitt Dies At 86

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 08/20/2009 - 4:00am

CBS News producer Don Hewitt died yesterday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 86. The creator of 60 Minutes got his start with the network in 1948.

Hewitt worked with Edward R. Murrow, produced the Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate and produced the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.

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