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May 20, 2016

CBS News Legend Morley Safer Dies at 84
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And CBS News legend Morley Safer has died at the age of 84. Safer was
the longest-serving correspondent in "60 Minutes" history, filing a
total 919 stories over his 46 years. As a young reporter, he filed one
of the most significant stories of the Vietnam War, when he reported on
U.S. marines torching the village of Cam Ne. The story changed the way
the Vietnam War was reported. He received death threats after it was
aired. Morley Safer died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was
born here in Toronto.
Topics:Journalism

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