Longtime 60 Minutes and CBS News producer Katie Spikes died after a five-year battle against cancer on Tuesday. She was 53.
Longtime 60 Minutes and CBS News producer Katie Spikes died after a five-year battle against cancer on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. She was 53.
Spikes played a leading role in the broadcast's coverage of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Spikes was honored with a 1997 Emmy Award for her work on CBS News' coverage of the death of Princess Diana. Among her colleagues, Katie Spikes was known as much for her producing skill as for her mentorship of junior staff. Spikes nurtured the careers of countless young reporters and producers at CBS News and 60 Minutes.
"Katie Spikes was a talented producer, a fearless newsroom diplomat and an irreplaceable and unwavering friend," correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said.
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