Born: 8-Nov-1931
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: 19-May-2016
Location of death: Manhattan, NY
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, Roselawn Avenue Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist

Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: 60 Minutes

Father: Max Safer (upholsterer)
Mother: Anna Cohn
Wife: Jane Fearer (one daughter)
Daughter: Sarah Alice Anne Safer

    High School: Harbord Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario
    High School: Bloor Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario
    University: University of Western Ontario

    Polk Award 1965
    Polk Award 2002
    Peabody
    Emmy Lifetime Achievement
    Jewish Ancestry
    Risk Factors: Smoking

    TELEVISION
    60 Minutes (1970-2016)
    CBS London Bureau Chief, 1967
    CBS Saigon Bureau Chief, 1965

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Birth of the Living Dead (18-Oct-2013) · Himself
    Morning Glory (10-Nov-2010) · Himself
    An Unlikely Weapon (18-Feb-2008) · Himself

Author of books:
Flashbacks on Returning to Vietnam (1990)

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