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Don Hewitt, the creator CBS's "60 Minutes" died on Wednesday from pancreatic cancer.

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[http://www.zap2it.com/news/zap-don-hewitt-dies-lat,0,2375516.story >Don Hewitt, the creator and long-time producer of "60 Minutes," died Wednesday from pancreatic cancer. He was 86.  
  
Hewitt started working for CBS in 1948, and he was executive producer on the show [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/08/19/GA200908... >thru 2004 when [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265061/ >Jeff Fager took over. During his time as executive producer, "60 Minutes" he <a href="<a" title="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hdvUSO0o6jEeKqqJeERaboq5vM9gD9A63TO00">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hdvUSO0o6jEeKqqJeERabo...](<a "http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265061/")](<a "http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/08/19/GA2009081902021.html")](<a "http://www.zap2it.com/news/zap-don-hewitt-dies-lat,0,2375516.story")