Wallace Retiring

Mike Wallace, the hard-driving reporter who has been with "60 Minutes" since its start in 1968, said Tuesday he will retire as a regular correspondent on the show this spring, according to Yahoo News! He's been with the show since it started in 1968, and until last fall was the first face viewers saw at the start of "60 Minutes", The New York Daily News said.
"I've often replied, when asked, 'I'll retire when my toes turn up,'" Wallace said in a statement Tuesday. "Well, they're just beginning to curl a trifle, which means that, as I approach my 88th birthday, it's become apparent to me that my eyes and ears, among other appurtenances, aren't quite what they used to be." CBS News President Sean McManus hailed Wallace as a giant of broadcast journalism, saying "Mike has completely embodied what good, tough, fair journalism should be over the course of his 60-plus years in the business," according to AOL News.
Jeff Fager, the executive producer of "60 Minutes," called Wallace "the heart and soul of this broadcast since he and Don Hewitt started it almost four decades ago."
Wallace's interviews were among the hardest hitting of any on television and became the stuff of legend, whether he was asking Barbra Streisand why she had a reputation for "bitchery" or Vietnam War Gen. William Westmoreland if the United States faked its reporting about the strength of Viet Cong forces.

I wish Mike Wallace all the best in his coming retirement. To last as a successful journalist for over 60 years is a great feat to accomplish. I am not a big fan of "60 Minutes" personally, but I know that there are millions of people out there who have been watching Wallace for many years. He will truly be missed in the journalism community. Thank you Mike Wallace.