 Mike Wallace re-broadcast a "60 Minutes" interview he had filmed with Hyman a few years earlier in which she commended Davis on her skills as a mother, and said that she had adopted many of Davis' principles in raising her own children.Critics of Hyman noted that Davis financially supported the Hyman family for several years and recently saved them from losing their house.Despite the acrimony of their divorce years earlier, Gary Merrill also defended Davis.