Morley Safer, the veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent who was equally at home reporting on social injustices, the Orient Express and abstract art, and who exposed a military atrocity in Vietnam that played an early role in changing Americans' view of the war, died Thursday, according to Kevin Tedesco, a CBS News publicist.
Safer, who had been in declining health, died at his home in Manhattan. He announced his retirement last week and "60 Minutes" aired a tribute hour on Sunday, which he watched from his home, Tedesco said.