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'60 Minutes' newsman Bob Simon, 73, dies in NYC crash

The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 5 months AGO
by The Associated Press
| February 11, 2015 8:48 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS says longtime ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Bob Simon has been killed in New York City car crash.

He was 73 years old.

The crash happened Wednesday in Manhattan. Police say a town car in which he was a passenger hit another car.

Simon and the town car’s driver were taken to a hospital, where Simon was pronounced dead.

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