Mike Wallace
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Wallace in 1957
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| Born |
Myron Leon Wallace May 9, 1918 Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 7, 2012 (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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