We should all be so lucky to live to 93, luckier still to have a career like that of Mike Wallace, who died peacefully Saturday night after roughly six decades on television.

Wallace was known for asking powerful people tough questions, some of which are captured in the videos below. — PZS

Here is Wallace on the first ever episode of “60 Minutes” in 1968:

1979: Ayatollah Khomeini:

1970: Coming and going to Vietnam:

1975-1989: The Reagan Interviews:

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