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Morley Safer

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Safer in his office at CBS in 1979; he joined 60 Minutes in 1970 and never left

I MET MORLEY IN 1969 WHEN HE WAS THE CBS bureau chief in London, where he developed a taste for custom-made tweed suits and silk pocket handkerchiefs. He was debonair. But there was always something a little off, just a tad

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