This week on “Sunday Morning” (June 9)

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COVER STORY: When students graduate debt-free
Total student loan debt in the United States is now nearly $1.8 trillion, and economists say young people are delaying buying homes and starting families because of it. So what would life be like for students when they graduate debt-free? Correspondent Lilia Luciano speaks with experts about the “shock” of college tuition and with alumni from the Morehouse College Class of 2019, whose approximately $34 million in college debt was paid off by a gift from billionaire businessman Robert F. Smith.

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ALMANAC: June 9
“Sunday Morning” recalls historical events from this date.

ARTS: Washington’s Hirshhorn Museum Celebrates 50 Years of a Visionary’s Gift
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C. is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new exhibition: “Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860-1960,” which features more than 200 works of modern art from the more than 12,000 that Joseph Hirschhorn donated it to the Smithsonian. Correspondent Rita Braver reports.

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STORY: D-Day: Eisenhower and the paratroopers who were key to success
On the eve of the Allied invasion of Europe in June 1944, General Dwight Eisenhower met with some of the 13,000 paratroopers who were about to jump behind German lines in occupied France – a visit that preceded the largest military operation in the world. America. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports how the head of Allied airborne operations warned against the plan — and how Eisenhower made a “soul-destroying” decision to go ahead anyway.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: CBS Reports (1964): “D-Day plus 20 years – Eisenhower returns to Normandy” (Video)
The Allied invasion of Nazi-controlled France on June 6, 1944, was the largest military invasion in history, involving nearly 160,000 military personnel who arrived by ship and plane in Normandy. Its success turned the tide of World War II. Two decades after D-Day, former General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was the Supreme Commander in charge of the operation, returned to Normandy. Eisenhower spoke with CBS News’ Walter Cronkite about his experiences in June 1944, the tactical decisions behind Operation Overlord and how British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was dissuaded from joining the invading forces. Eisenhower and Cronkite visited the Allied war room on the south coast of England; the coast of France, including Pointe du Hoc and Omaha Beach; and the American Military Cemetery at St. Laurent-on-the-Sea. This special broadcast of “CBS Reports”, featuring news footage of the invasion, originally aired in 19 countries around the world on June 5, 1964.

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GALLERY: D-DAY – When the Allies turned the tide

MOVIES: Julia Louis-Dreyfus in “Tuesday” and finals
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, acclaimed for her comedic roles on “Seinfeld” and “Veep,” stars in a dramatic role in “Tuesday” as a single mother struggling with the impending death of her terminally ill daughter. Correspondent Natalie Morales talks to Louis-Dreyfus about the film’s fantastical elements (including a talking parrot as a harbinger of death); and about her podcast, “Wiser Than Me,” in which she shares conversations with older women she admires and absorbs their life lessons.

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PASSAGE: In memoriam
“Sunday Morning” looks back at some of the notable figures who left us this week.

BOOKS: Mo Rocca on “Roctogenarians”
The “CBS Sunday Morning” correspondent’s newest book celebrates those who, in their later years, are reaching new heights rather than settling.

READ AN EXCERPT: “Roctogenarians” by Mo Rocca and Jonathan Greenberg

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HARTMAN: Good sports

MUSIC: Lionel Richie on the Continued Power of “We Are the World”
Four decades ago, Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson teamed up to write a charity song to raise funds to fight hunger in Africa – and brought the music world’s biggest stars together in the same room with producer Quincy Jones to record it. Richie talks to correspondent Tracy Smith about the making of “We Are the World” and how – following Netflix’s new documentary “The Greatest Night in Pop” – the song is back on the charts, continuing to gross millions for fans. needy.

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BOOKS: Griffin Dunne on the legacy of a literary family
He grew up in Hollywood in a well-known literary family and built a career as an actor, producer, director and documentary filmmaker. Now, Griffin Dunne has written a family memoir about life in (and around) the spotlight, “The Friday Afternoon Club.” He talks to contributor Kelefa Sanneh about dealing with fame, tragedy, famous relatives and the lure of a good story.

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TECH: The Wayback Machine, a time machine for the web
The Internet is ephemeral, with the average lifespan of a web page – before being changed or deleted – around 100 days. And so, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine has been backing up websites every day since 1996, with nearly 900 billion pages preserved, available to everyone. But the free availability of books and music has led to several lawsuits from record companies and the book publishing industry. Correspondent David Pogue reports.

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NATURE: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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From the Archives: Bill and Luke Walton – Like Father, Like Son (YouTube Video)
Broadcaster and Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton died on May 27, 2024 at age 71. In this “CBS Sunday Morning” report that originally aired on June 17, 2007, correspondent Bill Geist spoke with Bill and his son, Luke Walton, who followed in his father’s size 17 footsteps to play in the NBA.

GALLERY: D-Day – When the Allies turned the tide
June 6, 1944 marked one of the world’s most harrowing and consequential battles. Nearly 160,000 American, British, Canadian and French troops participated in the invasion of northwest France known as Operation Overlord.

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