Mike Wallace, '60 Minutes' star interviewer, dies at 93

Sunday, April 8, 2012

NEW YORK -- CBS newsman Mike Wallace, the 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 prime-time television news program ever, has died. He was 93.

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