. >> reporter: and made us comprehend the enormity in srebrenica. >> reporter: where the bodies are storedmore than 1,800 of them. more than any morgue on earth could handle. >> reporter: through it all, simon, the winner of 27 emmys, had a voice unlike anyone else. at the time of his death, he was working with his daughter tanya, a "60 minutes" producer on a report about the search for a cure for ebola. bob simon is also survived by his wife his son-in-law and a grandson jack. he was 73 years old. >> hmm. >> what you see there is what a reporter's life can be and how you can use the tools of your own intelligence and your heart and your pen and your camera to take us to the front lines of conflict and to remind us of what the human spirit can be because he could touch it with those stories of elephants and symphonies, but also the stories of life and death. >> and he had such a quick sense of humor. i certainly didn't know him very well, but we were leaving a luncheon last month, both leaving at the same time. would you like a ride? he said, sure, kid, got to tell you -- flattered he call