Another great one gone

Daniel Politi has an article in Slate about the passing of a great journalist:

Mike Wallace, a newsman who did groundbreaking work in television journalism, died recently at the age of 93. Bob Scheiffer, on CBS’ Face the Nation, said Wallace had died at a care facility in New Haven, Connecticut. “His family was with him,” Scheiffer said. Wallace had been sick for several years, according to The New York Times.
Wallace, one of the most famous names in television journalism, was a workaholic who found it difficult to stop when he retired as a regular correspondent in March of 2006. Wallace was the first man hired by the late Don Hewitt when he was putting together the staff of 60 Minutes in 1968. The show turned into a hit, and Wallace became a household name because of his tough interviewing style. Throughout his almost four-decade career on the show, Wallace worked on around eight hundred reports and won twenty Emmys.
 “There were very few twentieth century icons who didn't submit to a Mike Wallace interview,” writes Morley Safer, a 60 Minutes correspondent, on the CBS News website. “He lectured Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, on corruption. He lectured Yassir Arafat on violence.”
The New York Times’ Brian Stelter recalls that, in an interview after his retirement, Wallace said he would want his epitaph to read: “Tough But Fair.”

Rico says that's a perfect epitaph for the guy...