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In a 1974 report for 60 Minutes, Morley Safer spoke with U.S. Air Force Captain Mike Rose, the author of a controversial article which criticized the honor code system of U.S. military academies.
Rupert Murdoch grew a single-family newspaper into a media dynasty ranging from cable television to tabloid newspapers -- becoming one of the world's most influential and controversial media executives. 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace profiled the media mogul in 1997.
Denzel Washington's name has become synonymous with Hollywood box office blockbusters. In 2005, he spoke with Ed Bradley about his acting career – both in movies and theater. "Acting is not work; acting is a privilege and it’s a craft," he told 60 Minutes.
In 2019, 60 Minutes reported from Huntington, West Virginia as police brought in an addiction counselor to combat their city's opioid crisis.
There's no magic bullet to stop coronavirus variants, says virologist Paul Duprex, and that's giving the virus a competitive edge. There are three new COVID-19 variants now spreading around the country. 60 Minutes reported on variants in 2021.
In the aftermath of the 2020 election, then-President Trump called Georgia's secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, imploring him with veiled threats and lies to change the outcome of the November election. Raffensperger talked to Scott Pelley about why he didn't give in, in a report that first was broadcast in January 2021.
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was sentenced to 19 more years in prison on extremism charges today. Lesley Stahl spoke with Navalny in 2020. "I don't feel any fear," he told 60 Minutes after surviving an assassination attempt by poisoning.
In 2021, Anderson Cooper reported on the last concert Tony Bennett would perform at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Lady Gaga was there to help him through it. Bennett died Friday morning at 96.
Andy Rooney on how to make classic vanilla ice cream. "I'm one of the most experienced ice cream eaters in the world today," he proclaimed to 60 Minutes viewers in 1982.
The Clotilda was the last known slave ship to bring enslaved Africans to America in 1860. The burned ship was discovered in Alabama – not far from where many of the descendants live today. The stories of those enslaved Africans have been passed down for generations.
