Mike Wallace, the semi-retired 60 Minutes correspondent, underwent triple-bypass heart surgery over the weekend at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.
The 89-year-old Wallace, the oldest of the 60 Minutes correspondents, is recovering nicely, according to a CBS News spokesperson. The spokesperson added that the Correspondent Emeritus was already taking his first steps just two days after undergoing the procedure. Man, this guy is tough! It is unknown at this time if the surgery was planned or done after a checkup revealed an issue.
Despite semi-retirement from the news magazine that he has been with since 1968, Wallace has been in the news as of late. Most recently it was for the interview he did with New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens regarding allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his baseball career. There is no word as to when Wallace will be returning to the hallways of CBS News.
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