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The Second Stone

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12. Condolences to his family. But you don't "retire" from 60 Minutes

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Thu May 19, 2016, 01:30 PM

May 2016

look what happened to Mike Wallace, Andy Rooney, Ed Bradley, Harry Reasoner and now Morley Safer when they announce they are going to leave the "family". Boom, within weeks, if not days.

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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