60 Seconds on 60 Minutes

I read this afternoon that the creator of the TV show "60 Minutes" has died. His name is Don Hewitt & he not only created the news magazine but produced it for 36 years. He also put the debate between Nixon & JFK on the air in 1960. That was the very first televised presidential debate. But he really made his mark in 1968 when he created "60 Minutes". Hewitt was born in New York City in 1922, and grew up in New Rochelle. He dropped out of New York University to become a copy boy at New York's Herald Tribune. He joined the Merchant Marines during World War II and worked as a correspondent during the war. He joined CBS News in 1948 at the very beginning of the television era. I got to thinking about Hewitt's impressive career at the same network that gave us Edward R. Murrow & Walter Cronkite. There's been some fine newsmen on other networks since the advent of television but Murrow & Cronkite; and Don Hewitt to boot? Come on. Hewitt died of pancreatic cancer at home. He was 86. "60 Minutes".....I still watch that show almost every Sunday. This Sunday watching it will feel a little bit different.