Posted on 02/11/2015 6:47:33 PM PST by cincinnati65
60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon died Wednesday evening in a car accident in New York.
The CBS newsman was riding in a livery cab that struck another car and then crashed into a median on the West Side Highway, his network confirmed.
Simon, the recipient of 24 Emmy awards, began regularly contributing to the Sunday-night newsmagazine in 1996. He also was a correspondent for 60 Minutes II; when that series wrapped in 2005, he worked full-time on 60 Minutes.
Good Lord. ESPECIALLY in a cab!
Last thing you expect in a limo is a fatal crash. Bad luck.
Was he the guy who reported on the faked fires on the Chevy pickup side impact story back in (iirc) the ‘90s?
I’ve had no use for 60 Minutes since then.
Ah. I thought it was a cab (like a Yellow Cab)
Livery cab would be a little better I expect.
He was in a car... (town car).
I’m sorry to hear Simon died in an automobile accident.
But to your point, I quit watching in the ‘90s and I think everyone but Steve Kroft was eligible to draw on Social Security.
After after the NorKs, Cubans, Soviets, and ChiComs, American Network News anchors cling to power the longest.
Yes, Scott Pelley broke into the commercials at the end of Criminals Minds to give a special report on Simon’s death. He mentioned that Simon and his production crew were held captive in Iraq for 44 days.
‘60 Minutes,’ Israeli Ambassador Clash Over Story About Arab Christians (VIDEO)
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/1446297
That was NBC.
I hear he was only 60 minutes from his destination. RIP
You’re right to buckle up regardless of whether it’s legally required. Just remember General Patton who was mortally injured in a car accident that happened at about 20 m.p.h. when he wasn’t wearing a seat belt, none being available for cars in 1945 or 1946.
I haven't watched in years. True actors died off and the fossils who hosted the show started to espouse liberal garbage. The investigations turned into witch hunts aimed primarily at conservative figures.
But be that as it may — rest in peace, Mr.Simon and may God give comfort to your family and friends.
Wasnt there a politician who wants to get rid of the livery cabs ?
DeBlasio wants to get rid of the horse drawn carriages in and around Central Park.
He and another reporter were trolling the desert for action during the first Iraq war, without an escort, and got more than they asked for.
She was raped, and so was Bob.
Oh my God. On both accounts.
I don’t live in NY but I can imagine how sticky and dirty a cab’s seat belt would be.
Livery cabs are only allowed to pick up passengers that ‘call’ them. Sort of like a car service. A taxi is licensed to pick up passengers on any street at any time. Taxi’s can cruise for fairs, liveries can not, they must be called.
I remember when he was interviewed after his rescue how he at least had a very bitter and dead on appraisal of his captors and what they thought of him and his being Jewish...I vaguely remember him thinking that his captors were cockroaches.
Condolences to the family.
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