Legendary correspondent Morley Safer of CBS’ “60 Minutes” died Thursday at his Manhattan home. He was 84. Safer, who announced his retirement a week earlier, also filed his last report in March after 46 years of service on the show. He Tweeted his fans after it was official he would be leaving the station. “It’s been a wonderful run, and I want to thank the millions of people who have been loyal to our @60Minutes broadcast. Thank you!”  Safer is one of greatest journalists of his generation. He joins an elite group of journalist like Andy Rooney, Mike Wallace, Walter Cronkite, and Dan Rather. Born in Canada, Safer was awarded 12 Emmy’s, Peabody Awards, and awards from the Overseas Press Club Awards. Safer began his career in print working for wire services in Canada and later joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and joined “60 Minutes” in 1970.

Safer received his break with CBS, and covered the Vietnam War, and became the first journalist to film within China. This broke barriers for other field reporters looking to expand coverage.

He will be missed by CBS.

CBS Chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves said: “Morley was one of the most important journalists in any medium, ever. He broke ground in war reporting and made a name that will forever be synonymous with ’60 Minutes.’ He was also a gentleman, a scholar, a great raconteur – all of those things and much more to generations of colleagues, his legion of friends, and his family, to whom all of us at CBS offer our sincerest condolences over the loss of one of CBS’ and journalism’s greatest treasures.”

But Morley admitted that he didn’t like being on the tube. “I really don’t like being on television. I find it intimidating, discomforting. It makes me uneasy. It is not natural to be talking to a piece of machinery.”

He hid it well. Farewell to another icon.