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)

据英国广播公司报道，以主持美国新闻访谈节目《60分钟》著称的老记者迈克·华莱士近日辞世，享年93岁。

哥伦比亚广播公司发言人称，华莱士近几年身体健康每况愈下，最终于周六离世。

华莱士是《60分钟》1968年开播以来的元老级主持人。他主持该节目将近40年，做了大约800个调查性新闻报道。

他采访过约翰·F·肯尼迪以来的所有美国总统（乔治·W·布什除外）。此外，弗拉基米尔·普京、阿亚图拉·哈梅内伊，以及邓小平也都接受过他的采访。