Video: Fellow journalists remember Mike Wallace

>>> he hadn't been seen on " 60 minutes " since 2008 , but then again, he departed the scene after 21 emmys and after changing television news forever. we learned this past weekend mike wallace had died in a long term care facility in connecticut. he was 93 years old. two world wars were fought in his lifetime, and in the wars between the networks and fellow journalists, today, former competitives were lining up to talk about one of the toughest of them all.

>> i'm mike wallace .

>> he was not always the mike wallace we remember. he was an entertainer. he did commercials for revlon and for golden fluffo shortening.

>> i'm mike wallace with a sensational shortening discovery. for better baking and frying.

>> he was the announcer for the green hornet .

>> he performed on broadway and was a soap actor and then went into television news. and without him, there probably wouldn't have been a broadcast called " 60 minutes ," and there would have been a lot less tension on television.

>> but if you want to develop a style for yourself and carve out a bit of a territory, you purposefully say, all right, i'm going to ask an abrasive question, a searching question, do a lot of research, be a little tougher.

>> his timing was perfect. he slid into the golden airy of television. mostly known for his interviews that were tough and contentious, and they were iconic enough that his very name became a generic term for an unwelcome in imposition.

>> he made a very successful transition to journalism, however, he never forgot he owed the audience something whenever he appeared. if you made an investment in a mike wallace interview, it always paid off.

>> he interviewed presidents, salvador dali , jack cuvofkevorkiakevorki an, malcolm x , johnny carson , barbra streisand , and a ton of shady characters, and he used the detective technique throughout.

>> he was a really good writer and a great story teller , and he could have reeled you into the story. you wanted to know more about the character.

>> his name at birth was myron in 1918 in brookline, mass. his parents came here from russia. he went to college at michigan, he served in the navy in world war ii and then into radio and eventually tv. he bravely and openly fought depression for years after a nervous breakdown and a suicide attempt brought on by a damaging lawsuit brought by retired general william westmoreland . about himself, he left us with two quotes. he said he walked a fine line between sadism and intellectual curiosity. he also asked us to remember him as tough but fair. mike wallace , gone tonight at the age of 93. that is our

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