Mike Wallace

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Mike Wallace, wearing a striped shirt and tie, sits holding glasses and papers, smiling in front of a bookshelf filled with books.

Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace sit in chairs on the set of the first 60 Minutes broadcast, with a sign behind them reading 60 minutes Sept. 24, 1968 CBS News.

Coretta Scott King sits with her children and journalist Mike Wallace in a living room decorated for Christmas, with a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. on the wall behind them.

Mike Wallace: Media

American television interviewer and reporter

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Mike Wallace, wearing a striped shirt and tie, sits holding glasses and papers, smiling in front of a bookshelf filled with books.

Mike Wallace

Mike Wallace, c. 1975.

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Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace sit in chairs on the set of the first 60 Minutes broadcast, with a sign behind them reading 60 minutes Sept. 24, 1968 CBS News.

A historic first

60 Minutes first episode aired on September 24, 1968. It was hosted by Harry...

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Coretta Scott King sits with her children and journalist Mike Wallace in a living room decorated for Christmas, with a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. on the wall behind them.

A family in mourning

Coretta Scott King and her children were interviewed by Mike Wallace in December...

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