Mike Wallace, on the Comeback
Veteran CBS 60 Minutes newsman Mike Wallace is on the mend after a recent fall in his New York home that scared doctors still watching his recovery from triple bypass surgery in January. "He's doing really well," says his son Chris Wallace, the Fox News Sunday host who checked in on him while at Fox's New York headquarters to cover the final presidential primaries last week. Doctors hospitalized him, explains his son, because he's on a blood thinner and they wanted to make sure "that he didn't bleed out." Chris says that his dad's heart "is working just fine" but that Mike is over with TV at 90. "His plans are to be healthy enough to go up to Martha's Vineyard for the summer. And since I spend two weeks with him every year, I said to him, in terms of his rehab, 'Don't screw it up, because you're going to wreck my vacation.' "
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Mike Wallace
I think Mike was an excellent investigative reporter. He wasn't afraid to ask questions and press for an answer. I totally disagree that he was nasty and mean. He was aggressive, and that is what made him so good.
Get well, Mike. Enjoy your vacation and your retirement. You have earned it. Best wishes!!! You will be missed by millions.
Oh, and tell Chris to get a job at a REAL tv network!!!
Mike Wallace
Years ago, one of the news magazines profiled Mike Wallace using the headline (and theme) "Mike Malice."
A personal, childhood experience suggested Mike was anything but malicious.
Back when Wallace hosted the syndicated TV show, "Biography," I wrote him a fan letter. In the letter I indicated that I knew Mike had written a book titled "Mike Wallace Asks." I explained that I couldn't find a copy of it and asked where I might buy one..
Weeks went without a reply. I either reconciled myself to accept my disappointment or forgot about the matter- I don't remember, since this was over 40 years ago.
In any event, I came home from school one day to find an unexpected package addressed to me. I opened it up, first noticing a copy of "Mike Wallace Asks" and then an accompanying letter. Wallace's note offered an "apology for taking so long to respond, but it took me awhile to find a copy of the book for you since it's out-of-print."
This is not the Mike Wallace you read about, but it's the one I know the most about, as I was pleased to tell him when we finally spoke a few years ago.
Stacy Harris
Publisher/Executive Editor
Stacy's Music Row Report
www.countrymusicreport.com/Stacyharris.htm
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