He had six grandchildren: Leslie, Ryan, Samantha, Christian, Ian, and John. Harry Reasoner had two operations for lung cancer, in 1987 and 1989. Death Reasoner died within three months of his retirement in 1991 from a blood clot in the brain, resulting from a fall at his home in Westport, Connecticut. He is interred at Union Cemetery in Humboldt, Iowa. References Bibliography (Autobiography) External links 1923 births 1991 deaths 60 Minutes correspondents Accidental deaths from falls Accidental deaths in Connecticut Deaths from blood clot American male journalists 20th-century American journalists United States Army personnel of World War II American television news anchors Peabody Award winners People from Humboldt County, Iowa Military personnel from Minneapolis Stanford University alumni University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication alumni CBS News people ABC News personalities