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Mike Wallace

Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace Interviews 1957 (4).jpg
Wallace in 1957
Born Myron Leon Wallace
(1918-05-09)May 9, 1918
Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died April 7, 2012(2012-04-07) (aged 93)
New Canaan, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality American
Education Brookline High School
Alma mater University of Michigan (B.A.)
Occupation Journalist, game show host, actor
Years active 1939–2008
Notable credit(s) 60 Minutes (1968–2008)
Spouse(s) Norma Kaphan
(m. 1940–1948; divorced; 2 children)
Buff Cobb
(m. 1949–1955; divorced)
Lorraine Périgord
(m. 1955–1986; divorced)
Mary Yates
(m. 1986–2012; his death)
Children Peter Wallace (died 1962)
Chris Wallace
Parent(s) Frank Wallace
Zina Sharfman Wallace

Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. He interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his sixty-year career. He was one of the original correspondents for CBS' 60 Minutes, which debuted in 1968. Wallace retired as a regular full-time correspondent in 2006, but still appeared occasionally on the series until 2008.

He made interviews with many politicians, celebrities, and academics, such as Deng Xiaoping, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Jiang Zemin, Ruhollah Khomeini, Kurt Waldheim, Yasser Arafat, Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat, Manuel Noriega, Nobel Prize winner John Nash, Gordon B. Hinckley, Vladimir Putin, Maria Callas, Barbra Streisand, Salvador Dalí, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Ayn Rand.

Wallace, whose family's surname was originally Wallik, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, Frank and Zina Sharfman Wallace, and he publicly identified himself as a Jew throughout his life. His father was a grocer and insurance broker. Wallace attended Brookline High School, graduating in 1935. He graduated from the University of Michigan four years later with a Bachelor of Arts. While a college student he was a reporter for the Michigan Daily and belonged to the Alpha Gamma Chapter of the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity.


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