Don Hewitt, 86, creator of CBS News’ “60 Minutes” and the man who produced the first-ever U.S. presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, died Aug. 19 of pancreatic cancer. Hewitt ...

Don Hewitt, who launched and executive-produced the newsmagazine colossus 60 Minutes, died today. His own news organization remembers him here. It’s been a sad summer for CBS News, and yet one that’s ...

Quick, name the executive producer of your favorite TV show. OK, how about any TV show? The fact is most producers labor in relative obscurity. Well, not Don Hewitt, the mastermind behind the ...

Walter Cronkite helped change how news was presented on television, but Don Hewitt shaped how it was produced. Hewitt died Wednesday and journalists and commentators remembered him as the inventor of ...

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LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, January 6, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — A recent internal memo from 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi has drawn attention to ...

Hewitt's 35-year reign over "60 Minutes" reportedly is imperiled, even though CBS News president Andrew Heyward responded by telling the Associated Press, "I certainly hope that Don is part of CBS for ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Don Hewitt, the CBS newsman who invented "60 Minutes" and produced the popular newsmagazine for 36 years, died Wednesday. He was 86. He died of pancreatic cancer at his Bridgehampton ...

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