So tonight's farewell tribute to its creator and executive producer, Don Hewitt, called "Tell Me a Story: The Man who Made '60 Minutes,' " is all the more appropriate.
It suggests a farewell tribute to his Michigan ancestors and his awareness of their tradition of understanding and concern for others.
"Winning the mega final is much more important than giving a farewell tribute to even a great cricketer of Muralitharan's magnitude."
Almost ten years later in a farewell tribute to Hyypiä, Ron Yeats, then the chief scout for Liverpool, commented that the deal was "one of the best bits of business we've done over the years.
Tonight, at a farewell tribute to Mr. Reich, Mr. Rubin joked about their occasional policy clashes but insisted that their many areas of agreement were often ignored by the press.
In February 1999, Lady Catiria received a farewell tribute at La Nueva Escuelita nightclub.
Dean then made an appearance on the March 31, 2008 edition of Raw to join The Four Horsemen and other WWE superstars in a farewell tribute to Ric Flair.
After farewell tributes to Frank Sinatra last week, this week the supermarket tabs turn to the gory aftermath: the escalating hatred between his children and his widow, Barbara.
At the end, after loud boos cried out at a farewell tribute to fans on the big scoreboard above the pound, Tony Jones ran toward the end zone with his teammates.
But his ringing "Nessun dorma," in the Philadelphia Orchestra's farewell tribute to its music director, Riccardo Muti, put the vocal shortcomings of the production's Calaf, Ermanno Mauro, into sharp relief.