Don Hewitt

In this Feb. 2, 1976 photo released by CBS, "60 Minutes" creator and producer Don Hewitt poses on the set in New York. (Photo: AP)

In this May 4, 2004 file photo, Don Hewitt, the creator of CBS' "60 Minutes" news program, is shown in New York. (Photo: AP)

Don Hewitt, left, speaks with Democratic presidential candidate Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton, after lights fell during an interview with the couple. Hewitt, 86, the newsman who invented "60 Minutes" and produced the popular newsmagazine for 36 years, died, according to CBS. (Photo: AP)

In this 1968 photo released by CBS, "60 Minutes" correspondents Harry Reasoner, left, and Mike Wallace, right, are shown with creator and producer Don Hewitt on the set in New York. (Photo: AP)

In this Dec. 16, 1962 photo released by CBS, newsman Don Hewitt, left, gestures next to President John F. Kennedy in Washington, D.C. (Photo: AP)

In this Jan. 17, 2004 file photo, against a backdrop of the famous "60 Minutes" stop watch, Don Hewitt, the program's creator and executive producer, reads prepared remarks to reporters during a session on "60 Minutes" during CBS' Winter Press Tour in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (Photo: AP)

In this June 15, 1987, executive producer Don Hewitt, left, and Ed Bradley of CBS' "60 Minutes," are shown at their office in New York. (Photo: AP)

In this Nov. 10, 1993 file photo, the "60 Minutes" team, from left, Andy Rooney, Morley Safer, Steve Kroft, Mike Wallace, executive producer Don Hewitt, Lesley Stahl, and Ed Bradley pose for photographers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (Photo: AP)

In this Nov. 8, 2006 file photo, originally released by Picturehouse, executive producer Don Hewitt is shown in New York. (Photo: AP)