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Veteran newsman Mike Wallace dead at 93

Updated 1:08 PM ET, Sun April 8, 2012
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Mike Wallace, who spent four decades as a hard-hitting, provocative news correspondent on "60 Minutes," has died, CBS reported Sunday. He was 93. Wallace is shown in his New York City office in this 1984 portrait. Hulton Archive/Getty Images
"60 Minutes" reporters Ed Bradley, back row from left, Morley Safer, Steve Kroft, Lesley Stahl and Mike Wallace pose for a photo with President Bill Clinton at the White House in 1995. Wallace was with "60 Minutes" when it debuted in 1968. In 2006, he became a correspondent emeritus and stopped appearing regularly. Getty Images
"60 minutes" correspondents Morley Safer, from left, Dan Rather and Mike Wallace, and executive producer Don Hewitt, right, discuss upcoming segments during the 1970s. Getty Images
Wallace and his wife, Mary, arrive at a New York City screening in 2003. In 2008, Wallace underwent successful triple-bypass heart surgery. Getty Images
A 1964 promotional portrait shows Wallace wearing a wireless microphone. He anchored "CBS Morning News With Mike Wallace" and covered most of the major news stories of the 1960s, including several assignments to Vietnam, according to the "60 Minutes" website. Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Wallace, as host, reads a question in this production still from the 1956 quiz show, "Big Surprise." Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Wallace interviews Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard Eldon Lee Edwards around 1956. Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Bill Moyers, from left, Walter Cronkite, Morton Dean and Wallace pose in a 1975 promotional photo of CBS News correspondents covering the Republican National Convention. CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
Wallace and his then-wife, Buff Cobb, dressed in costume for a 1952 St. Patrick's Day episode of their CBS show, "Mike and Buff." The newsman was a communications officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II before landing a series of television jobs in Chicago and trying his hand at acting. Getty Images
Barbara Walters, Henry Kissinger and Wallace pose for a photo at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City in 1980. Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Wallace and and fellow "60 Minutes" correspondent Andy Rooney attend a 2005 screening of "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" in New York. Getty Images
Wallace and Morley Safer pose at The Museum Of Television & Radio's Annual Gala in New York in 2007. Getty Images
Wallace signs his book "Between You and Me" at the 2005 Book Expo in New York City. Getty Images