Robert (Bob) Simon (May 29, 1941 — February 11, 2015) was a CBS News correspondent who covered crises, war, and unrest in 67 countries during his long career. Simon reported on the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, the Israeli-Lebanese Conflict in 1982, and the student protests in China’s Tiananmen Square in 1989. During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, he and four of his TV crew were captured and imprisoned by Iraq for 40 days. (He published a book about the experience titled Forty Days.) Simon was killed in a car crash in Manhattan.
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Quote: “The minute you’re working with the government, you’re dealing with bureaucracy, you’re dealing with time lags, you’re dealing with rigidity, you’re dealing with a slow pace.” | “I don’t think I’ve done a story where I grew as fond of the beings as I did with these elephants.” | “After years of covering wars, it’s really nice to get the adrenaline going. Going into a cage with sharks does that.”
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