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Bob Simon profiled Jeff Bezos for 60 Minutes in 1999, when Amazon was known as "Earth's biggest bookstore."
In 2020, 60 Minutes checked in on the groundbreaking 90+ study and its members, a group of Americans age 90 and above still thriving in old age. Lesley Stahl revisited the participants, whom she first met in 2014, and caught up with the scientists expanding their findings on what leads to a longer, healthier life, with a special focus on memory and dementia.
Steve Kroft interviewed Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks who shook the world when he began releasing government secrets online, in 2011. Assange has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act, ending his longstanding legal battle with the U.S. government.
Morley Safer profiled actress Meryl Streep for 60 Minutes in 2011. Safer spoke with Streep about her many acting roles, which have ranged from Margaret Thatcher to Julia Child.
Anderson Cooper profiled actor Donald Sutherland for 60 Minutes in 2017. Sutherland, who has been called one of the greatest actors never to be nominated for an Oscar, passed away today. He was 88 years old.
Morley Safer traveled to England in 1973 on a quest to understand the game of cricket.
In 2020, Scott Pelley reported on efforts to investigate the violent Greenwood Massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1921, a white mob burned a prosperous Black community to ash, leaving hundreds dead.
In 1986, Morley Safer went behind the scenes of "the game show of game shows": "Wheel of Fortune." At the time, Safer reported the show's success was "so pervasive" that it affected the nation's news-watching habits.
In 2001, Mike Wallace reported on "The Tiananmen Papers," transcripts detailing the Chinese government's response to the 1989 student protests in Tiananmen Square. The documents revealed the bitter debate among China's top leaders about whether to use force against the students.
Parents whose children died in military service share an unimaginable pain. Each year in San Francisco, some of these Gold Star parents meet to support one another. In 2016, 60 Minutes reported on the annual gathering.
