In 2021, 60 Minutes spoke with federal judge Esther Salas, who was in her New Jersey home when a gunman targeting her opened fire, wounding her husband and killing her son. Judge Salas told Bill Whitaker about her fight for better protection for judges in the face of mounting violence. Source link
In 2004, Bob Dylan spoke with 60 Minutes’ Ed Bradley about the role New York City played in his life. In this expanded clip from the interview outtakes, the singer-songwriter discusses his journey from Minnesota to New York. Today, the musician turns 85. Source link
From 1979, Morley Safer’s report on the faraway atolls of the Maldives, where he stumbled across an unusual story of crime and punishment. This week marks 10 years since the 60 Minutes correspondent died. Source link
Democrat Barney Frank, who represented Massachusetts in Congress from 1981 until he retired in 2013, has died at age 86. In 2008, Lesley Stahl spoke with Frank, the first member to voluntarily come out as gay, about politics, his personal life, the government bailout, and his work as head of the House Financial Services Committee … Read more
Through films like “Blazing Saddles” and “Spaceballs” and a pioneering career on television and Broadway, Mel Brooks has had a lifetime of serving up the funny. Now, the 99-year-old comedy legend plans to share it all with his legion of fans. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive … Read more
In 2020, Anderson Cooper interviewed Sir David Attenborough about his film “A Life on Our Planet.” Treasured and beloved around the world, the naturalist and British broadcaster turns 100 years old today. Source link
In 2008, 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer traveled to Ted Turner’s ranch in Montana, a small part of the billionaire’s vast U.S. land holdings, to profile the pioneering media mogul. Turner, who died Wednesday at age 87, created CNN and launched the format of 24/7 cable news. Source link
Television pioneer Ted Turner, who created CNN, died Wednesday at age 87. In 2003, Turner spoke with Mike Wallace about his life and career accomplishments. Source link
In 2012, Scott Pelley spoke with a retired Navy SEAL, and former member of SEAL Team 6, who recounted the May 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Source link
In 2008, 60 Minutes reported on the unsolved break-in at a heavily guarded nuclear plant containing weapons-grade uranium in South Africa. As Scott Pelley noted at the time “the assault on Pelindaba would make a hell of a movie. But it’s a thriller that is all too real, with consequences that might have threatened the … Read more