Obituaries

In Memory of
Morley Safer
November 8, 1931 - May 19, 2016

MORLEY SAFER

Television Journalist

Canadian and American Reporter



60 Minutes

Born on Nov. 8, 1931 in Toronto, Toronto Municipality Ontario, Canada

Died on May 19, 2016 inManhattan, New York County(Manhattan), New York, USA

Television Journalist. Canadian and American reporter and correspondent for CBS News. He was best known for his long tenure on the newsmagazine 60 Minutes, the cast of which he joined in December 1970, during the third season of the series. He began his journalism career as a reporter for various newspapers in Canada (Woodstock Sentinel~Review, London Free Press, and Toronto Telegram) and England (Reuters and Oxford Mail). Later, he joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a correspondent and producer. In 1964, Safer joined CBS News as a London~based correspondent. In 1965, he opened the CBS News bureau in Saigon. That year he followed a group of United States Marines to the village of Cam Ne, for what was described as a search and destroy mission. When the Marines arrived, they gave orders in English to the inhabitants to evacuate the village. When the homes were cleared, the Marines burned their thatched roofs with flamethrowers and Zippo lighters. Safers report on this event was broadcast on CBS News on August 5, 1965, and was among the first reports to paint a bleak picture of the Vietnam War. President Lyndon Baines Johnson reacted to this report angrily, calling CBSs president and accusing Safer and his colleagues of having shat on the American flag. Certain that Safer was a communist, Johnson also ordered a security check; upon being told that Safer wasnt a communist, just a Canadian, he responded: Well, I knew he wasnt an American. In 1967, Safer was named the London bureau chief, a post he held for three years. Safer was also a CBS reporter during the Nigerian Civil War. In 1970, he left London to replace Harry Reasoner on 60 Minutes, after Reasoner left to anchor the ABC Evening News (although Reasoner would return to 60 Minutes in 1978, alongside Safer). Safer would go on to set the record for the shows longest~serving correspondent, retiring in 2016 after 46 years. Safer authored the bestselling book, Flashbacks: On Returning to Vietnam. It describes his 1989 return to Vietnam and features his interviews with known and less~well~known Vietnamese people, most of them veterans of the war. These included general Vo Nguyen Giap, Duong Quynh Hoa, Pham Xuan An, major Nguyen Be, and others. He also visited the Caravelle Hotel, the Marble Mountains (Vietnam) & air field, China Beach, Huế, Quảng Trị City, a Cham museum, an old wrecking yard full of American artifacts, and several other locations. The book also contains reflections on Bill Moyers (regarding the Cam Ne affair), Barry Goldwater, and General William Westmoreland. His trip was the basis of a 60 Minutes show in 1989, which Safer said got a reaction of annoyance from some veterans, and a positive reaction from others. (bio courtesy of: Wikipedia)







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, the most watched and most profitable program in television history.

During his 60-year career as a broadcast journalist, Safer received numerous awards, including twelve Emmys, such as the Lifetime Achievement Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, along with 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.

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. Morleys curiosity, his sense of adventure and his superb writing, all made for exceptional work done by a remarkable man.[6] He died a week after announcing his retirement from 60 Minutes.[7]

























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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