<h1>Bob Simon : Dies in Crash</h1>
Bob Simon, the veteran CBS News correspondent and "60 Minutes" reporter, kicked the bucket in an Car accident Wednesday, the network confirmed. He was 73.
As per the New York Post, the car he was riding in smashed with a Mercedes and lost control before colliding with a traffic rail on the West Side Highway in New York City around 7 p.m.
Here few statement from Friend's and Family
"It's a terrible loss for all of us at CBS News," "60 Minutes" Executive Producer Jeff Fager said
"It is such a tragedy made worse because we lost him in a car accident, a man who has escaped more difficult situations than almost any journalist in modern times." ~ Jeff Fager
"Bob was a reporter's reporter. He was driven by a natural curiosity that took him all over the world covering every kind of story imaginable," Fager said
“Bob Simon was a giant of broadcast journalism, and a dear friend to everyone in the CBS News family. We are all shocked by this tragic, sudden loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with Bob’s extended family and especially with our colleague Tanya Simon,” CBS News President David Rhodes said in a statement.
Simon was born on May 29, 1941, in the Bronx, N.Y., and graduated from Brandeis University in 1962 with a degree in history. He served as an American Foreign Service officer, a Fulbright scholar and a Woodrow Wilson scholar. He is survived by his wife, Françoise, and their daughter, Tanya, who is a producer for "60 Minutes," according to CBS News.
"One of the great writers of a generation has passed. Bob Simon was a journalist of extraordinary courage," CBS News' Scott Pelley
"Bob Simon was an incredible journalist. What a shame. My heart goes out to his wife, daughter, and the entire CBS family," Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.)