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Stinky The Clown

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11. What a terrible loss

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Thu May 19, 2016, 01:01 PM

May 2016

They just did a special celebrating his career last Sunday.

He was to be admired and trusted. I recall his reporting in the early days of Vietnam. He tore open the curtain on our false honor in that awful war when he filed the story of Marines torching a village.

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Damn. RIP Morley Safer [View all] Recursion May 2016 OP

Oh my GOODNESS! elleng May 2016 #1

They must have known it would be soon Recursion May 2016 #2

Maybe. elleng May 2016 #3

That's sweet way to go. joshcryer May 2016 #14

Miss you already Morley! Rest in peace. KPN May 2016 #4

Very sorry to learn this. hamsterjill May 2016 #5

Boy, could we use a few thousand more of him.about now. HuckleB May 2016 #7

Amen to that! hamsterjill May 2016 #9

Absolutely. HuckleB May 2016 #10

The voice of Sunday evening in the house where I grew up. HuckleB May 2016 #6

Always my favorite on 60 Minutes. Will be missed. CBS announcement . Fla Dem May 2016 #8

What a terrible loss Stinky The Clown May 2016 #11

Condolences to his family. But you don't "retire" from 60 Minutes The Second Stone May 2016 #12

Correlation does not imply causation n/t MrsMatt May 2016 #15

No, but it would be a shame if something were to happen to The Second Stone May 2016 #16

RIP burrowowl May 2016 #13

I remember the story he did on the art of Thomas Kinkade kskiska May 2016 #17