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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
CBS News Executive Don Hewitt, 86, Is Dead
By Adam Bernstein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 19, 2009; 1:26 PM
Don Hewitt, 86, the CBS News executive who created "60 Minutes," transformed television journalism by showing that news programs could generate money and helped make TV an essential part of politics when he produced and directed the first televised debate between U.S. presidential candidates, died Wednesday in Bridgehampton, N.Y., a CBS spokesman said. He had pancreatic cancer.
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Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 19, 2009; 1:26 PM
Don Hewitt, 86, the CBS News executive who created "60 Minutes," transformed television journalism by showing that news programs could generate money and helped make TV an essential part of politics when he produced and directed the first televised debate between U.S. presidential candidates, died Wednesday in Bridgehampton, N.Y., a CBS spokesman said. He had pancreatic cancer.
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