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During the opening days of the [[Gulf War]] in January 1991, Simon and his CBS News team were captured by Iraqi forces and spent 40 days in Iraqi prison, most of it in solitary confinement. Simon later said that it was a "careless mistake" for him and his crew to have crossed the border.<ref name=Gottlieb/> He chronicled the experience in the book ''Forty Days''. |
During the opening days of the [[Gulf War]] in January 1991, Simon and his CBS News team were captured by Iraqi forces and spent 40 days in Iraqi prison, most of it in solitary confinement. Simon later said that it was a "careless mistake" for him and his crew to have crossed the border.<ref name=Gottlieb/> He chronicled the experience in the book ''Forty Days''. |
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In 1996 Simon joined ''[[60 Minutes]]'' as a correspondent, and in 1998 he was named a ''60 Minutes II'' correspondent |
In 1996 Simon joined ''[[60 Minutes]]'' as a correspondent, and in 1998 he was named a ''60 Minutes II'' correspondent. Most recently, he had served as the senior foreign correspondent for ''60 Minutes''. |
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In April 2012, ''60 Minutes'' aired a piece on the plight of [[Christians in Israel]], for which Simon was the correspondent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7406228n|title=Christians of the Holy Land|work=cbsnews.com|accessdate=12 February 2015}}</ref> [[Michael Oren]], the [[Israeli Ambassador to the United States]], attempted to influence the segment by contacting CBS news and calling the piece a hatchet job.<ref name=HareetzIrked>[http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/2.241/when-michael-oren-irked-bob-simon-1.425972#! Haaretz: "When Michael Oren irked Bob Simon - Was it justified for Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. to contact top CBS officials in a quest to influence a '60 Minutes' report on Israel's Christian community?" By Natasha Mozgovaya] April 23, 2012</ref><ref>[http://forward.com/articles/214621/bob-simon-stoked-israel-controversy-on--minutes/ Jewish Daily Forward: "Breaking News Bob Simon, Stoked Israel Controversy on '60 Minutes,' Dies in Car Crash"] February 11, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/04/60-minutes-on-the-plight-of-palestinian-christians/256218/ The Atlantic: "60 Minutes on the Plight of Palestinian Christians" by Robert Wright] April 23, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/backlash-builds-over-60-minutes-hatchet-job-on-israel/2012/04/24/gIQAzXzkeT_blog.html Washington Post: "Backlash builds over ‘60 Minutes’ hatchet job on Israel" By Jennifer Rubin] April 24, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Blogs/Green-Lined/Bob-Simon-and-CBS-throw-the-Jews-to-the-lions-365810 Jerusalem Post: "Bob Simon & CBS throw the Jews to the lions" By YISRAEL MEDAD] April 24, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/60-minutes-steers-christians-against-israel_642202.html#! Weekly Standard: "60 Minutes Steers Christians Against Israel" By MARK TOOLEY] April 28, 2012</ref> As a result, Simon castigated Oren during an interview that was included with the piece. |
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Bob Simon | |
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| Born | Robert David Simon May 29, 1941 |
| Died | February 11, 2015 (aged 73) New York City, New York, U.S.A |
| Occupation | News reporter |
| Years active | 1969–2015 |
| Notable credit | 60 Minutes (1996–2015) |
| Spouse | Françoise Simon |
| Children | Tanya Simon |
Robert David "Bob" Simon (May 29, 1941 – February 11, 2015) was an American television correspondent for CBS News. During his career, he covered crises, war, and unrest in sixty-seven countries.[1] Simon reported the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, the Yom Kippur War in in 1973, and the student protests in China's Tiananmen Square in 1989. During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, he and four of his TV crew were captured and imprisoned by Iraq for forty days, about which experience he wrote a book, Forty Days. He became a regular correspondent for CBS's 60 Minutes in 1996 and, in 1999, for 60 Minutes II.
Early life
Simon was born to a Jewish family[2] in the Bronx, New York.[3] In 1962, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Brandeis University with a degree in history.[3] From 1964 to 1967, Simon served as an American Foreign Service officer and was a Fulbright Scholar in France and a Woodrow Wilson scholar. From 1969 to 1971, he served in the CBS News London bureau. From 1971 to 1977, he was based in the London and Saigon bureaus, where he served as a Vietnam War correspondent. From 1977 to 1981, he was assigned to the CBS News Tel Aviv bureau.
Career
From 1981 to 1982 Simon spent time in Washington, D.C., as the CBS News State Department correspondent. From 1982 to 1987, Simon served as a New York-based CBS News national correspondent. In 1987, Simon was named the CBS News Chief Middle Eastern correspondent.[4]
During the opening days of the Gulf War in January 1991, Simon and his CBS News team were captured by Iraqi forces and spent 40 days in Iraqi prison, most of it in solitary confinement. Simon later said that it was a "careless mistake" for him and his crew to have crossed the border.[1] He chronicled the experience in the book Forty Days.
In 1996 Simon joined 60 Minutes as a correspondent, and in 1998 he was named a 60 Minutes II correspondent. Most recently, he had served as the senior foreign correspondent for 60 Minutes.
Death
On February 11, 2015 Simon was killed in a car crash in Manhattan, New York City. Simon is survived by his wife, Françoise, and their daughter, Tanya, who is a producer for 60 Minutes.[5]
Honors and awards
Simon won an Emmy Award for his report on the world's only all-black symphony orchestra in Central Africa in 2012. He would win yet another Emmy Award with his reporting about an orchestra in Paraguay whose poor members constructed instruments from the trash retrieved from a local landfill. Over his career, he won 4 Peabody Awards and 27 Emmy Awards.
- Recipient of the Edward Weintal Prize given by Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy in recognition of distinguished reporting on foreign policy and diplomacy.
- 27-time Emmy Award winner[6]
- 4-time Overseas Press Club recipient
- Winner of three George Foster Peabody Awards, including a Personal Award in 1999[7]
References
- ^ a b Gottlieb, Hooper. Shearer, Benjamin F. ed., Home Front Heroes, Greenwood Publishing (2007) p. 760
- ^ Jewish Telegraph: "Cbs Newsman Bob Simon Tells of Ordeal As Captured Jew" March 6, 1991
- ^ a b New York Times: "Bob Simon, ‘60 Minutes’ Correspondent, Dies at 73 in Manhattan Car Crash" By ASHLEY SOUTHALL February 11, 2015
- ^ "Bob Simon". cbsnews.com. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "CBS News correspondent Bob Simon, 1941-2015". CBS News.
- ^ http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/02/12/cbs-news-correspondent-bob-simon-killed-in-car-crash/
- ^ 59th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2000.
External links
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