Philip Scheffler, 'Guiding Force Behind 60 Minutes,' Dies at 85

Philip Scheffler, who began as a copy boy for "Douglas Edwards with the News" and later became CBS New's first television street reporter, died Thursday. He was 85.

Scheffler later became the executive editor of 60 Minutes, guiding it "for more than two decades," according to Jeff Fager, 60 Minutes' executive producer, TVNewser reports.

The New York Times article ("Longtime CBS News Executive Scheffler Dies") stated that Scheffler died at a Manhattan hospital. CBS News did not have a cause of death.

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