Anderson Cooper's farewell to 60 Minutes

For much than 20 years, Anderson Cooper has traveled the satellite for 60 Minutes successful pursuit of stories that revealed the humanity down the headlines. 

In his farewell interview, Cooper recalled his awe of joining the programme helium idolized arsenic a kid and walking the aforesaid halls arsenic legends including Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, and Bob Simon. He described the privilege of earning people's spot and the unforgettable moments successful interviews erstwhile helium felt similar the cameras were nary longer there.  

As helium delivers his last "I'm Anderson Cooper," helium leaves down not lone a singular assemblage of work, but besides a heartfelt tribute to the storytelling, independence, and spot that person defined 60 Minutes for generations.

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Producers Brit McCandless Farmer and Andy Court. Associate producers Rebecca Chertok Gonsalve and Jane Greeley. Edited by Scott Rosann and Warren Lustig.