When veteran CBS correspondent Bob Simon and his three-member crew disappeared at the start of the Persian Gulf War in 1991, the network tried frantically to locate them — but prepared a video obituary, just in case. "No one who knew Bob Simon seemed surprised when he ventured into enemy territory," Dan Rather somberly told the camera. "That was a very Simon thing to do. He was always seeking an edge to his work, pushing himself, moving the story along." Read more http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bob-simon-20150213-story.html
