“I spent so much of my early life trying to get out from under his shadow. Now, as my father nears his 94th birthday and is slipping away, I don’t want you to forget him.” – Fox News host Chris Wallace, remarking on his father, “60 Minutes” icon Mike Wallace, during a National Press Foundation event in February. Mike Wallace died Saturday night at age 93. From his first “60 Minutes” appearance in 1968 to his last in 2008, Wallace interviewed icons including Janis Joplin, Vladimir Putin, Salvador Dali, Yasser Arafat and Malcolm X.
