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May 19, 2016 (84 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Scorpio
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Celebrities born on November 8
Born in 1931
Born in Toronto, Canada
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Morley Safer
Morley Safer was a Canadian-American broadcast journalist, reporter, and correspondent for CBS News. He was best known for his long tenure on the news magazine 60 Minutes, whose cast he joined in 1970 after its second year on television. He was the longest-serving reporter on 60 Minutes, the most watched and most profitable program in television history. During his 60-year career as a broadcast journalist, Safer received numerous awards, including twelve Emmys, a Lifetime Achievement Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, three Overseas Press Awards, three Peabody Awards, two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, and the Paul White Award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association. In 2009, Safer donated his papers to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin.
BornNovember 8, 1931, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedMay 19, 2016, New York, New York, U.S.
Resting placeRoselawn Avenue Cemetery, Toronto
NationalityCanadian, American
Alma materUniversity of Western Ontario, (dropped out)
OccupationBroadcast journalist, reporter and commentator
Years active1955–2016
Notable credit(s)60 Minutes (1970–2016)
Children1

About Morley Safer

Journalist Morley Safer was born on November 8, 1931 in Toronto, Canada (He dies at the age of 84, on May 19, 2016).

In 1970, he began working for 60 Minutes as a news correspondent and editor.

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Morley Safer before becoming famous

Morley Safer was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1931 is also the year of Goat (羊) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He went to Harborad Collegiate Institute and Western Ontario University.

Achievement of Morley Safer

He is a Jewish news correspondent from Toronto who was accused of being a communist by President Lyndon B. Johnson for providing negative news about the Vietnam War.

Morley Safer's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

With his wife, Jane Fearer, he had a daughter named Sarah.

Morley Safer on Social Media

Morley Safer Collabed with

On 60 minutes, he took over for Journalist Harry Reasoner.

Harry Reasoner (1923 - 1991) (Journalist)
Harry Reasoner (1923 - 1991)

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Morley Safer Income & Net worth

Morley Safer's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: a journalist. Networth of Morley Safer in 2024 is 20,000,000$+. He is Millionaire!

Morley Safer Height and Weight

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