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Name | Don Hewitt |
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Birth name | Donald Shepard Hewitt |
Birth date | December 14, 1922 |
Birth place | New York City, New York, United States |
Death date | August 19, 2009 |
Death place | Bridgehampton, New York, United States |
Death cause | Pancreatic cancer |
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Known for | 60 Minutes |
Employer | CBS News (1948-2009) |
Occupation | Television producer |
Years active | 1942-2009 |
Spouse | Mary WeaverFrankie HewittMarilyn Berger |
Awards | Edward R. Murrow Award, Emmy, Peabody Award, Producers Guild of America Award, Television Hall of Fame |
Donald Shepard "Don" Hewitt Under Hewitt's leadership, 60 Minutes was the only news program ever rated the nation's top-ranked television program, an achievement it accomplished five times. Don produced the first televised presidential debate in 1960.
Back in New York City, Hewitt started working at the photo agency ACME Newspictures, an agency later bought by United Press International.
He then launched the eight-time Emmy Award-winning show 60 Minutes. Within ten years, the show reached the top 10 in viewership, a position it maintained for 21 of the following 22 seasons, until the 1999-2000 season.
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