Mike Wallace's 5 Most Memorable Interviews - Business Insider

When Mike Wallace passed away this weekend, we lost a journalism legend.?

The broadcast legend and "60 Minutes" host passed away Saturday April, 7 at the age of 93 in a New Canaan, Connecticut care facility. ?

For more than half of a decade, Wallace lit up the small screen with his in-depth investigative interviews. From celebrities Bette Davis, Johnny Carson and political figures, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, his four decades at CBS' "60 Minutes" led to 21 Emmy Awards, with Wallace taking home his last at the age of 89.?

Sometimes you wondered whether you were watching an interview or a cross-examination in a courthouse. The always infamous broadcaster pushed the boundaries of journalism by asking the questions no one else dared.

Next week's "60 Minutes" plans to pay tribute to the broadcaster next Sunday. Today, We celebrate his life by taking a look at five of Wallace's top interviews from the show, highlighting some of the toughest questions the journalist ventured to ask.

5. 1991: Barbra Streisand

During his interview with Streisand, Wallace insulted the singer telling her he didn't like her 30 years ago because she was self-absorbed. Streisand holds her own despite appearing to simultaneously fight back tears and the urge to attack Wallace.

"20 to 30 years of psychoanalysis, I ask myself, what is she trying to learn?"

"I'm a slow learner."

"How many years have you been in psycho therapy?"

?

4. 1979: Ayotollah Khomeini

Wallace asked Iran ruler Ayotollah Khomeini what he thought of Egyptian President calling him a "lunatic" and a "disgrace to Islam" in this brief clip.

3. June 8, 1964: Malcolm X

Wallace discusses invisible movements in the African American Harlem environment and the community's hostility against policemen slightly before his assassination.

"Mr. Malcom, you have suggested that there are all sorts of movements in Harlem that we don't know about? ? banding together in what sorts of movements?"

knicks vs heat ash wednesday kate walsh cnn debate equatorial guinea marine helicopter crash chicago weather