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Morley Safer

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Morley Safer

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Canadian-American reporter and correspondent (1931-2016)

Film & TV

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Morley Safer (November 8, 1931 – May 19, 2016) was a Canadian-American broadcast journalist, reporter, and correspondent for CBS News. He was best known for his long tenure on the news magazine 60 Minutes, whose cast he joined in 1970 after its second year on television. He was the longest-serving reporter on 60 Minutes. During his 60-year career as a broadcast journalist, Safer received…

Known for

  • Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20 — Self (archive footage)2026
  • Dolly Parton – An American Icon — Self - Interviewer (archive footage)2026
  • Jim Henson Idea Man — Self (archive footage)2024
  • Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time — Self2021
  • Mike Wallace Is Here — Self (archive footage)2019
  • Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn — Self (archive footage)2019
  • Where's My Roy Cohn? — Self (archive footage)2019
  • No One Saw a Thing — CBS 60 minutes2019
  • Andre the Giant — Self (archive footage)2018
  • Agnelli — Self (archive footage)2017

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Toronto
Place of death
Manhattan
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
Judaism
Notable work
60 Minutes
Eye colour
blue
Hair colour
salt and pepper
Image
Morley Safer, "60 Minutes" TV journalist and newsman, with his paintings, N.Y.C (cropped).jpg
Number of children
1
Residence
Manhattan
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Commons category
Morley Safer
date of birth
1931-11-08
date of death
2016-05-19
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
pneumonia
start of work period
1955-00-00
has works in the collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
name in native language
Morley Safer
end of work period
2016-00-00
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