CBS News correspondent Bob Simon on Monday, Sept. 24, 2007 in New York. EVAN AGOSTINI, APNEW YORK -- Bob Simon, the longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent and legendary CBS News foreign reporter died suddenly tonight in a car accident in New York City.The award-winning newsman was 73.Simon's career spanned five decades, from covering the war in Vietnam to a piece on "60 Minutes" this past weekend on the Academy Award-nominated film "Selma."