How I (Almost) Made Mike Wallace Cry (And Why I’m Not Sorry)
An Iowa editor remembers his time with Mike Wallace, a tough guy for "60 MInutes" -- and so much more -- who died Saturday at age 93.
I met Mike Wallace only once, many years ago, but I’d like to think I actually got to know him in the two hours we spoke. Our meeting came on Martha’s Vineyard in July of 1999, one day after John F. Kennedy Jr. was buried at sea off that same island. I had met Mike there with his son, Chris Wallace, to interview them for a book I was writing, a collection of my essays and Jim Graham’s photographs about famous and not-so-famous father-son relationships. They are smiling on the cover of that book, Father's & Sons, looking forever young, even though Mike was 80 at the time. He died Saturday. He was 93. I saw Chris Wallace in August at the Iowa Straw Poll in Ames, and I asked him how his father was doing. “Not good,” he told me and then gave …
Larry Fox
10:34 pm on Monday, April 9, 2012
I liked Mike Wallace. I have to admit, I never watehed 60 Minutes too much, but when I did, if Mike Wallace was there, he was fair and I believe, honest. I am 62 and almost1/2 yrs. old or young, however you view that age. He will be missed and remembered. Good luck, Mike. I hope that you enjoy the angels flying around you. more ›