Bob Simon

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Bob Simon (born May 29, 1941 in New York City , † February 11, 2015 there ) was an American correspondent for the broadcaster CBS . His work has received 27 Emmy Awards , among others  .

Life

Bob Simon grew up in the Bronx , New York. His father was of German descent, his mother came from Russia. As a member of the Phi Beta Kappa of Brandeis University , he graduated in history in 1962 . He and his wife lived near Tel Aviv . Their daughter works as a producer of 60 Minutes in New York. Bob Simon died in a car accident on February 11, 2015 in his hometown.

Career

From 1964 to 1967, Simon served as an officer in the American Foreign Service Association. From 1969 to 1971 he worked for CBS News in London . From 1971 to 1977 he reported from Ho Chi Minh City (then Saigon) on the Vietnam War . From 1977 he moved to Tel Aviv for CBS News, where he stayed until 1981. From 1981 to 1982 he was the State Department's CBS correspondent in Washington, DC, and then worked in the National Issues area. In 1987, Simon became chief news correspondent for the Middle East.

In January 1991, shortly after the outbreak of the Second Gulf War , Simon was captured by Iraqi forces near the border between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait . He and three other members of the CBS News team spent forty days in captivity in Iraq. Simon described his experiences in prison in his book "40 Days" (1992). In March 1991, just two months after his release, he returned to Iraq to direct the documentary "Bob Simon: Back to Baghdad" . In January 1993 he reported on the spot about the American bombing of Iraq.

Since 1996 Simon has worked for 60 Minutes or 60 Minutes II (1999-2005). His interviews with the "Lost Boys of Sudan" and the exclusive interview with the radical Iraqi leader of the Shiite insurgents, Muqtada al-Sadr, are well known .

Works

watch TV

Numerous documentary TV contributions as a correspondent, war correspondent and producer for CBS

Movie

  • 1991: Bob Simon: Back to Baghdad (TV documentary)

book

Forty Days , a biographical account of his captivity, Putnam ( Penguin ), New York, ISBN 978-0399137600

Awards

  • "Edward Weintal Prize" from Georgetown University , 1997
  • 27 Emmy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Emmy, 2003
  • 4 “Overseas Press Club” awards, 1972, 1975, 1991 & 1996
  • 4 Peabody Awards , u. a. 1995, 1999 and 2012

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Bob Simon 60 Minutes , CBS
  2. ↑ Bob Simon dies in car accident in: LA Times, accessed February 12, 2015
  3. ↑ a b [1]
  4. ↑ Bob Simon: Legendary US war reporter killed in car accident. In: Spiegel Online from February 12, 2015 (accessed February 12, 2015).
  5. ↑ Muqtada Sadr's Battle Against US Bob Simon Interviews Iraq's Radical Cleric , CBS
  6. ↑ a b Bob Simon CBS Correspondent is killed in Manhattan car crash in NYTimes , accessed February 12, 2015
  7. ↑ 1995: "for his coverage of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin ." , 1999: " for a body of work by an outstanding international journalist on a diverse set of critical global issues ." And 2012: "for report about Armand Diangienda, a Congolese man who taught himself to read music and play piano, trombone and cello while recruiting potential oboists and trumpeters with even less experience than he had. "
personal data
SURNAME Simon, Bob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American correspondent
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 2015
Place of death New York City