# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-wallace
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:24:57.210Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-wallace"
name: "Mike Wallace"
slug: "mike-wallace"
description: "Myron Leon Wallace was an American broadcast journalist, and television personality. Known for his investigative journalism, he interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his seven-decade career. He was one of the original correspondents featured on CBS news program 60 Minutes, which debuted in 1968. Wallace retired as a regular full-time correspondent in 2006, but still appeared occasionally on the series until 2008. He is the father of Chris Wallace."
tagline: "American journalist, game show host and actor (1918–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike_Wallace_National_Press_Club.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1918-05-09"
deathDate: "2012-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             25
  historical:           23.79787066666667
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 249
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0908794"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump