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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 15 > Robert Chandler, 80, helped create ‘60 Minutes’ format

Robert Chandler, 80, helped create ‘60 Minutes’ format

By Dennis Hevesi / The Bulletin
December 15, 2008

Robert Chandler, a former CBS executive who played a crucial role in creating the highly rated and critically acclaimed weekly newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” died Thursday at his home in Pittsfield, Mass. He was 80.

The cause was heart failure, his son Doug said.

Chandler was a....

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