Veteran TV newsman Mike Wallace died Saturday night at age 93, after years of health problems including heart disease and, in recent years, dementia. Born Myron Wallace in Brookline, Mass., in 1918, the famously tough interviewer known by detractors as "Mike Malice" was the first man hired at CBS's trendsetting newsmagazine 60 Minutes, which launched in 1968. Wallace contributed to the program until 2008. His hand-picked epitaph, he said in post-retirement interviews, is "Tough but fair." Here's a look at the grand inquistor's remarkable life and career:
Wallace's TV career was astonishingly...
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