Linda Mason, CBS News veteran and trailblazing journalist, dies at age 84

Linda Mason, a trailblazing journalist who spent 47 years with CBS News, has died at the age of 84.
She died peacefully Wednesday night surrounded by family, according to a statement from CBS News.
For "Sunday Morning," she covered major international stories that included former President Ronald Reagan's first trip to the Soviet Union, the funeral of Japanese Emperor Hirohito and the unrest in China before the uprising in Tiananmen Square.
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