Morley Safer to retire from 60 Minutes after 46 years
On Sunday, Morley Safer will end his run as the longest-serving correspondent on 60 Minutes.
His retirement was announced Wednesday, and CBS will run an hour-long special after this Sunday's 60 Minutes titled Morley Safer: A Reporter's Life. Safer, 84, joined CBS in 1964, and started on 60 Minutes in 1970; he went on to present more than 900 reports, with his last one airing in March. The Canadian-born journalist first worked in print, and over the course of his career won 12 Emmys, three Peabody Awards, three Overseas Press Club Awards, and two George Polk Memorial Awards.
In a statement, Safer said it's been a "wonderful run, but the time has come to say goodbye to all of my friends at CBS and the dozens of people who kept me on the air. But most of all, I thank the millions of people who have been loyal to our broadcast."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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