Morley Safer

Acting

Born 1931-11-08 Died 2016-05-19 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 25 credits Overseas Press Club of America 1 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 1 Radio Television Digital News Association 1 Peabody Awards 1

Awards

Won 1 Overseas Press Club of America Award

Overseas Press Club of America 1 won

— Overseas Press Club of America Won

Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 1 won

— Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres Won

Radio Television Digital News Association 1 won

— Radio Television Digital News Association Won

Peabody Awards 1 won

— Peabody Awards Won

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Morley Safer (November 8, 1931 – May 19, 2016) was a Canadian-American broadcast journalist, reporter, and correspondent for CBS News. He was best known for his long tenure on the news magazine 60 Minutes, whose cast he joined in 1970 after its second year on television. He was the longest-serving reporter on 60 Minutes. During his 60-year career as a broadcast journalist, Safer received numerous awards, including 12 Emmys, a Lifetime Achievement Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, three Overseas Press Awards, three Peabody Awards, two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, and the Paul White Award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association. In 2009, Safer donated his papers to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. Jeff Fager, executive producer of 60 Minutes, said "Morley has had a brilliant career as a reporter and as one of the most significant figures in CBS News history, on our broadcast and in many of our lives. Morley's curiosity, his sense of adventure and his superb writing, all made for exceptional work done by a remarkable man." He died a week after announcing his retirement from 60 Minutes.