(ATR)During his 47-year career with CBS News, American broadcaster Bob Simon made an impression on the Olympic Movement.
During the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Simon's report on the failed attempt of the Mossad to avenge the attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Games earned him an Emmy.
Simon's report on Louis Zamperini during the 1998 Nagano Olympics won him a Sports Emmy. The Great Zamperini, which can be seen at the bottom of this piece, documents the life story of the U.S. Olympian who survived as a prisoner of war during World War II.
Simon was born in 1941 in the Bronx. He attended the Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and began his career in the news industry in the late 1960s at the CBS News London bureau.
Following his success as a foreign news correspondent, Simon joined the CBS TV News program 60 Minutes in 1996.
Over his five-decade career, Simon won 27 Emmys and four Peabody awards.
Simon died in a car crash in New York City on Wednesday. He was 73.
In a statement, the New York Police Department said Simon's cab driver also suffered injuries to his arms and legs in the crash. Police are investigating but have made no arrests.
Written byNicole Bennett
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