Damn. RIP Morley Safer

[Recursion]

That's a loss

[elleng]

1. Oh my GOODNESS!

60 Minutes dedicated its show to him this past Sunday with an extensive bio.

[Recursion]

2. They must have known it would be soon

Great journalist. What a loss.

[elleng]

3. Maybe.

'CBS announced Safer's retirement last week and televised a special hour-long retrospective about his career on Sunday. The timing of the announcement was partly due to Safer's poor health.'

http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/19/media/morley-safer-death/

[joshcryer]

14. That's sweet way to go.

RIP

[KPN]

4. Miss you already Morley! Rest in peace.

[hamsterjill]

5. Very sorry to learn this.

Sympathies to his friends and family. His professionalism will be missed.

[HuckleB]

7. Boy, could we use a few thousand more of him.about now.

[hamsterjill]

9. Amen to that!

Hey, I miss Cronkite!!!

We could seriously use many more REAL journalists about now. No question about that.

[HuckleB]

10. Absolutely.

[HuckleB]

6. The voice of Sunday evening in the house where I grew up.

[Fla Dem]

8. Always my favorite on 60 Minutes. Will be missed. CBS announcement .

60 Minutes' Morley Safer dies at 84
Longtime CBS newsman Morley Safer of "60 Minutes" and Vietnam War reporting fame dies at 84

Morley Safer, the CBS newsman who changed war reporting forever when he showed GIs burning the huts of Vietnamese villagers and went on to become the iconic 60 Minutes correspondent whose stylish stories on America's most-watched news program made him one of television's most enduring stars, died today in Manhattan. He was 84. He had homes in Manhattan and Chester, Conn.

Safer was in declining health when he announced his retirement last week; CBS News broadcast a long-planned special hour to honor the occasion on Sunday May 15 that he watched in his home.

A huge presence on 60 Minutes for 46 years -- Safer enjoyed the longest run anyone ever had on primetime network television. Though he cut back a decade ago, he still appeared regularly until recently, captivating audiences with his signature stories on art, science and culture. A dashing figure in his checked shirt, polka dot tie and pocket square, Morley Safer -- even his name had panache -- was in his true element playing pool with Jackie Gleason, delivering one of his elegant essays aboard the Orient Express or riffing on Anna Wintour, but he also asked the tough questions and did the big stories. In 2011, over 18.5 million people watched him ask Ruth Madoff how she could not have known her husband Bernard was running a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme. The interview was headline news and water cooler talk for days.

More>>>
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-morley-safer-dies-at-84/

[Stinky The Clown]

11. What a terrible loss

They just did a special celebrating his career last Sunday.

He was to be admired and trusted. I recall his reporting in the early days of Vietnam. He tore open the curtain on our false honor in that awful war when he filed the story of Marines torching a village.

[The Second Stone]

12. Condolences to his family. But you don't "retire" from 60 Minutes

look what happened to Mike Wallace, Andy Rooney, Ed Bradley, Harry Reasoner and now Morley Safer when they announce they are going to leave the "family". Boom, within weeks, if not days.

[MrsMatt]

15. Correlation does not imply causation n/t

[The Second Stone]

16. No, but it would be a shame if something were to happen to

your retiree? See? But we can get you protection against something "untoward" happening. It's like life insurance. Wait! It is life insurance. You like that, right? Don't wanna have any "what is the frequency, incidents, do ya?"

[burrowowl]

13. RIP

He was a real reporter. About the only one left now is Bill Moyers.

[kskiska]

17. I remember the story he did on the art of Thomas Kinkade

He interviewed, tongue-in-cheek, people who absolutely loved it and loved showing off their collections, some quite large.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thomas-kinkade-a-success/