'60 Minutes' correspondent Bob Simon killed in traffic accident

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Thursday, February 12, 2015
"60 Minutes" correspondent Bob Simon
"60 Minutes" correspondent Bob Simon
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NEW YORK CITY -- 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.



Simon covered stories including the Vietnam War and the Oscar-nominated movie "Selma" in a career spanning five decades.

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