Veteran CBS News Journalist Killed in New York Car Crash

Award-winning CBS News correspondent Bob Simon, who covered many of the world's major conflict zones over a five-decade career, was killed Wednesday night in a car crash in New York City. He was 73 years old. Authorities say Simon was a passenger in a car that struck another vehicle, then veered into metal barriers separating traffic lanes. Simon joined CBS News in 1967, covering campus demonstrations and inner city riots. His time as a war correspondent began in 1971, when he was...

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