MIKE WALLACE R.I.P. 60 MINUTES STAR

MIKE WALLACE ..LEGENDARY 60 MINUTES REPORTER DEAD AT 93.. CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY ESPECIALLY CHRIS WHO IS DOING A GR8 JOB ON HIS OWN.. GROWING UP IN THE 60'S WAS A TRAUMATIC TIME WATCHING TUMULTUOUS THINGS HAPPENING TO AMERICA THAT SHOOK MY VERY SOUL..VIETNAM WAR..TURMOIL IN WASH DC ..POLITICAL AND RACIAL UNREST..RADICAL BEHAVIOR ON ALL LEVELS.. GROSS MURDERS AND HORRIBLE CRIMES..AND MOST OF ALL THE ADVENT OF DRUGS BIGTIME INTO OUR SOCIETY.. THE ONE STABILIZING THING TO ME ..EVERY SUNDAY MY MOM & DAD AND ME WATCHED MIKE WALLACE ON 60 MINUTES.HE WAS TOUGH YET FAIR..BUT VERY CONSISTENT AND HE WOULD "GET TO THE BOTTOM" OF THE STORY AND EXPLAIN "WHY" THESE PEOPLE DID WHAT THEY DID ..IT HAD A CALMING EFFECT ON ME AND IT JUST MADE SENSE OF MUCH OF THE CHAOS..HE WAS AN "INTERVIEWING GENIUS" AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE NEVER BACKED AWAY FROM A STORY ..HE WAS AN ICON ..AND I ENJOYED HIS WORKED AND THE REST OF 60 MINUTES INTERVIEWERS AS WELL (MORLEY SAFER,HARRY REASONER,ET AL..) ..THEY WERE GR8..