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NEW YORK (AP) — His fellow broadcast journalists are mourning the death of longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Bob Simon, who was killed in a car crash last night in New York City. He was 73.
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper -- who does occasional stories for the CBS program -- says when Simon presented a story, "you knew it was going to be something special." Cooper says he still hopes to be "a quarter of the writer" that Simon was.
CBS News President David Rhodes calls Simon "a giant of broadcast journalism."
Steve Kroft, another "60 Minutes" correspondent, says Simon was a "gutsy reporter" and a "true gentleman" who "knew the Middle East as well as any reporter."
Simon's career in war reporting began in Vietnam. At the start of the Gulf War in 1991, Simon was captured by Iraqi forces near the Saudi-Kuwaiti border. CBS said he and three other members of CBS News' coverage team spent 40 days in Iraqi prisons.
In recent days, he'd been preparing a report on the Ebola virus and the search for a cure for this Sunday's "60 Minutes" broadcast.
Police continue to investigate the accident involving a Lincoln TownCar in which Simon was a passenger.
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177-a-10-(Steve Kroft, "60 Minutes" correspondent, in AP interview)-"someone like that"-''60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft says Bob Simon was one of a kind. (12 Feb 2015)
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172-a-08-(Anderson Cooper, host, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, in AP interview)-"be a correspondent"-CNN's Anderson Cooper says he watched Bob Simon as he was growing up and really admired his work. (12 Feb 2015)
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APPHOTO NYKW106: A police officer tows a car following an accident in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, that killed longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Bob Simon. Simon covered riots, Academy Award-nominated movies and wars and was held captive for more than a month in Iraq two decades ago. He was 73. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) (11 Feb 2015)
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APPHOTO NYET601: FILE - In this April 7, 2014 file photo, Bob Simon of "60 Minutes," attends the New York premiere of "The Railway Man" in New York. CBS says Simon was killed in a car crash on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in Manhattan. Police say a town car in which he was a passenger hit another car. He was 73. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) (7 Apr 2014)
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