Morley Safer

Biography

Morley Safer was a Canadian-American broadcast journalist and correspondent for CBS News, best known for his long tenure on the news magazine 60 Minutes. He joined the show in 1970 and became its longest-serving reporter, earning numerous awards including 12 Emmys. A prolific career spanning 60 years included a donation of his personal papers to the University of Texas at Austin in 2009. Safer died shortly after announcing his retirement from 60 Minutes.