Episode
60 Minutes: Remembering Bob Simon
Overview
A tribute to correspondent Bob Simon (1941-2015) includes interviews with his "60 Minutes" colleagues, clips of his life's work and three of his finest, award-winning stories.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 47
- Episode
- Episode 22
- Air date
- 2015-02-22
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Remembering Bob Simon is Episode 22 in Season 47 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2015-02-22. The runtime is 44 min.
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