Veteran journalist Mike Wallace, famed for his interviews on the US news program 60 Minutes, has died at age 93, BBC reported.

A spokesperson for CBS said he died on Saturday and had been in declining health in recent years.

Wallace was one of the original hosts of 60 Minutes when it began in 1968. In almost 40 years on 60 Minutes, Wallace worked on some 800 investigative reports.

He interviewed every US president since John F Kennedy -- with the exception of George W Bush -- and dozens of other world leaders such as Vladimir Putin, Ayatollah Khomeini and Deng Xiaoping.

(China.org.cn, CNTV April 10, 2012)

據(jù)英國(guó)廣播公司報(bào)道，以主持美國(guó)新聞訪談節(jié)目《60分鐘》著稱(chēng)的老記者邁克·華萊士近日辭世，享年93歲。

哥倫比亞廣播公司發(fā)言人稱(chēng)，華萊士近幾年身體健康每況愈下，最終于周六離世。

華萊士是《60分鐘》1968年開(kāi)播以來(lái)的元老級(jí)主持人。他主持該節(jié)目將近40年，做了大約800個(gè)調(diào)查性新聞報(bào)道。

他采訪過(guò)約翰·F·肯尼迪以來(lái)的所有美國(guó)總統(tǒng)（喬治·W·布什除外）。此外，弗拉基米爾·普京、阿亞圖拉·哈梅內(nèi)伊，以及鄧小平也都接受過(guò)他的采訪。