Veteran journalist Mike Wallace, famed for his interviews on the US news program 60 Minutes, has died at age 93, BBC reported.

A spokesperson for CBS said he died on Saturday and had been in declining health in recent years.

Wallace was one of the original hosts of 60 Minutes when it began in 1968. In almost 40 years on 60 Minutes, Wallace worked on some 800 investigative reports.

He interviewed every US president since John F Kennedy -- with the exception of George W Bush -- and dozens of other world leaders such as Vladimir Putin, Ayatollah Khomeini and Deng Xiaoping.

(China.org.cn, CNTV April 10, 2012)

據英國廣播公司報道，以主持美國新聞訪談節目《60分鐘》著稱的老記者邁克·華萊士近日辭世，享年93歲。

哥倫比亞廣播公司發言人稱，華萊士近幾年身體健康每況愈下，最終于周六離世。

華萊士是《60分鐘》1968年開播以來的元老級主持人。他主持該節目將近40年，做了大約800個調查性新聞報道。

他采訪過約翰·F·肯尼迪以來的所有美國總統（喬治·W·布什除外）。此外，弗拉基米爾·普京、阿亞圖拉·哈梅內伊，以及鄧小平也都接受過他的采訪。