Bob Simon
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| Born |
Robert David Simon May 29, 1941 The Bronx, New York, United States |
| Died |
February 11, 2015 (aged 73) Manhattan, New York, United States |
| Cause of death | Head trauma (car crash) |
| Occupation | News reporter |
| Years active | 1969–2015 |
| Television | 60 Minutes (1996–2015) |
| Spouse(s) | Françoise Simon |
| Children | Tanya Simon |
Robert David "Bob" Simon (May 29, 1941 – February 11, 2015) was an American television correspondent for CBS News. During his career, he covered crises, war, and unrest in 67 countries. Simon reported the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and the student protests in China's Tiananmen Square in 1989. During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, he and four of his TV crew were captured and imprisoned by Iraq for 40 days, about which experience he wrote a book, Forty Days.
He became a regular correspondent for CBS's 60 Minutes in 1996 and, in 1999, for 60 Minutes II. At the time of his death in an auto accident, he served as 60 Minutes senior foreign correspondent. Simon is described as having been "a giant of broadcast journalism" by CBS News President David Rhodes, and is recognized as one of the few journalists who have covered most of the major overseas conflicts since 1969. For his extensive reporting over a 47-year career, he earned more than 40 major awards, including the Overseas Press Club awards and 27 Emmy Awards for journalism.
On February 11, 2015, Simon was injured in a car accident in Manhattan. He was transported to St. Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Simon was born in The Bronx in New York City. In 1962, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Brandeis University with a degree in history. From 1964 to 1967, Simon served as an American Foreign Service officer and was a Fulbright Scholar in France and a Woodrow Wilson scholar. From 1969 to 1971, he worked at the CBS News London bureau, and from 1971 to 1977, was based in the London and Saigon bureaus, where he worked as a Vietnam War correspondent. From 1977 to 1981, he was assigned to the CBS News Tel Aviv bureau.
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