both appeared on the first episode of 60 Minutes. Reasoner,
             who passed away in 1991, left CBS in 1970 to pursue a news
             anchoring position at ABC but later returned to 60 Minutes,
             in 1978, until his death. Wallace and Morley Safer, who
             started in 1970, are still featured reporters as well as Ed
             Bradley (who joined the team in 1981) and newcomers Lesley
             Stahl and Steve Kroft. 60 Minutes would not be the same
             without the weekly commentary of Andy Rooney. Rooney
             started making a regular appearance in 1978 offering
             humorous, sometimes controversial annotations about everyday
             life. A well known prime time TV news anchor who did much
             of his best work at 60 Minutes is Dan Rather. When Rather
             joined the other prestigious journalists he had a reputation
             as a tough, aggressive reporter; in other words, he fit in
             perfectly. Rather left in 1981 to takeover The CBS Evening
             News, leaving with him a hard-nosed investigator who would
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