Remembering Mike Wallace: His Most Controversial Interviews

The world has lost one of its most memorable voices now that Mike Wallace, the TV journalist who spent more than 37 years with 60 Minutes, has died. In his later years, Wallace said that he wanted his epitaph to read "Tough But Fair" -- and as an interviewer, he embodied that spirit. Wallace always did his homework, never backed down from a tough question, and could get no-nonsense answers from anyone, be it Oprah Winfrey or the president of the United States (he spoke to seven of them). But although Wallace created the TV news show as we know it, some of his stories got a lot more attention than others. Here, we look back on Wallace's five most controversial interviews.

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