The Resume

(November 8, 1931-May 19, 2016)
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Correspondent for '60 Minutes' (December 1970-May 2016)
Previously worked as CBS News' London Bureau Chief and with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Author of 'Flashbacks: On Returning to Vietnam'

Why he might be annoying:

He had several awkward years during his tenure with CBC after resigning from the network's 'Newsmagazine' program.
He drew the ire of President Johnson when he reported the U.S. Marines had burned the undefended Vietnamese village Cam Ne.
His integrity was tarnished when the New York Times exposed a few strongly worded e-mails he'd sent as a member of the Century Association.
He dropped out of the University of Western Ontario.
His relationship with Mike Wallace was reportedly quarrel-filled.

Why he might not be annoying:

He won 12 Emmy Awards, 3 Peabody Awards and numerous other honors.
His report on the Cam Ne burning was credited with helping to start the shift of the American public's view on the Vietnam War.
In 1983, his featured story on engineer Lenell Geter, who was wrongly convicted of armed robbery, resulted in Geter's life sentence being overturned.
On why he never officially became an American citizen, he said that a journalist should be 'stateless.'
In an era where the line between news and opinion was being constantly blurred, he was considered as one of the last true journalists from the 'golden age' of unbiased news reporting.

Credit: D

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 60 Minutes Correspondents and Commentators
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [November] (Ranked: 11081931)
• Diseased Initials
• D's Profiles [Series 09]
• Golden Girls References
• I Attended Ed Bradley's Memorial Service [November 21, 2006]
• I Died in 2016 (Ranked: 84)
• IDs Ending in 00 (Ranked: 31900)
• Look at Me and My Pet
• News
• Profiles 31751-32000 (Ranked: 31900)
• Vanity Fair's Best Dressed List - Males [2008]
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20160519)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 72 Votes: 43.06% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 30 Votes: 56.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 24 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 29 Votes: 55.17% Annoying