Morley Safer, a pillar of broadcast journalism as a member of CBS’ 60 Minutes team for nearly five decades, has died at 84 Safer helped change Americans’ perception of the Vietnam War in 1965, with eye-opening reports Toronto-native Safer earned many awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 2009, 12 Emmy Awards and three Peabody Awards Safer started with CBS in 1964 and announced his retirement one week ago
