'60 Minutes' correspondent Bob Simon, 73, dies
Bob Simon
New York - UPI
CBS News announced its longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon died after a New York car crash Wednesday night. He was 73.
Variety said the veteran broadcast journalist was the passenger in a Lincoln town car struck by a Mercedes Benz on the West Side Highway. He was transported to a local hospital where he died.
No other details about the collision were immediately available.
The six-time Emmy Award winner was seen on last weekend's edition of 60 Minutes, interviewing Selma director Ava DuVernay.
His network described him in his biography as "the most honored journalist in international reporting" and noted he had been contributing regularly to 60 Minutes since 1996.
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