Above, Don Hewitt (center) with Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon.Don Hewitt, who created 60 Minutes for CBS and produced the first Nixon-Kennedy Debate in 1960, has died of cancer at age 86.
USA Today.com reports:
60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt has died, CBS says. Network spokesman Kevin Tedesco confirmed the death of Hewitt, 86, who this year had been diagnosed with a small, contained tumor.
Hewitt created 60 Minutes in 1968, pioneering the TV newsmagazine format. He served as executive producer of the program until his retirement in 2004.
Hewitt has been honored with the second annual Lifetime Achievement Emmy presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In 1995, he was awarded the Founders Emmy by the International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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