Thomas Paine: Death of a Forgotten Founding Father

 

Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense, the pamphlet that inspired the American Revolution. So why did only six people show up at his funeral? Mo finds out why this essential Founding Father has never gotten his due - and, with the help of a Tony nominated Broadway songwriting team and The Daily Show's Lewis Black, stages a rollicking memorial service for Paine on the spot where he dropped dead.

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Mobituaries with Mo Rocca

“CBS News Sunday Morning” correspondent Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries. Each episode of Mobitu… 

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