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  Ed Bradley of '60 Minutes' Dies at 65 - washingtonpost.com
Ed Bradley, 65, a suave and streetwise reporter considered one of the best interviewers on television and the winner of 19 Emmy awards for his work on "60 Minutes" and "CBS Reports," died of leukemia Nov. 9 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
Bradley, the first African American at CBS to be a White House correspondent and a Sunday night anchor, covered a broad array of stories with insight and aplomb during his 39-year career, from war to politics to sensitive portraits of artists.
Bradley was a jazz-loving native of Philadelphia who rose from unpaid radio work to the most senior position on the most popular news program on TV.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/09/AR2006110900820.html   (805 words)

  
 Ed Bradley, of '60 Minutes;' a pioneer in TV journalism - The Boston Globe
Ed Bradley, the pioneering CBS reporter who broke the racial boundaries of TV news, died yesterday from complications of leukemia.
Bradley's death is the latest in a parade of big network names who have died or left high-profile roles in the past couple of years.
Bradley's depth: He put the singer in a cultural and political context, and convinced "60 Minutes" producers that her story was worth telling.
www.boston.com /ae/media/articles/2006/11/10/ed_bradley_of_60_minutes_a_pioneer_in_tv_journalism   (1053 words)

  
 Ed Bradley, Veteran CBS Newsman, Dies - New York Times
Ed Bradley, a pioneering fl journalist who was a fixture in American living rooms on Sunday nights for more than a quarter century on “60 Minutes,” died today.
Bradley was a sober presence — albeit one who occasionally wore a stud in one ear — whose reporting across four decades ranged from the Vietnam War and Cambodian refugee crisis to the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church and the Oklahoma City bombing (his was the only television interview with Timothy McVeigh).
Bradley was an enormous fan of many forms of music — particularly jazz and gospel — who counted the musicians Wynton Marsalis, George Wien and Aaron Neville among his many friends and made a regular pilgrimage to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
www.nytimes.com /2006/11/09/business/media/10bradleycnd.html?ex=1320728400&en=d0c8f5d99037ad0a&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss   (775 words)

  
 Ed Bradley of '60 Minutes' dies of leukemia - CNN.com
Bradley died Thursday at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital of leukemia, according to staff members at the CBS program.
Bradley joined "60 Minutes" during the 1981-82 season after two years as White House correspondent for CBS News and three years at "CBS Reports." His reporting over the years won him a Peabody Award, 19 Emmys and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, among many others.
Bradley was known for his thoughtful, mellifluous voice and often laid-back approach, a style that often prompted unexpected emotion in his subjects.
www.cnn.com /2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/09/obit.bradley/index.html   (833 words)

  
 '60 Minutes' correspondent Ed Bradley dies at 65 - USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Ed Bradley, the jazz-loving 60 Minutes correspondent whose race and earring set him apart from his more traditional, white colleagues on the top-rated newsmagazine, died Thursday of leukemia at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital, according to CBS News.
Bradley told Maynard that he was assigned mainly fl-related stories until he complained to the assignment editor, "I want to be treated at this station the same way you treat anyone else.
Bradley, he said, "also brought a youthful spirit, a hipness, and a kind of caring humanity to his TV reporting that was not in fashion at the time.
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2006-11-09-ed-bradley-obit_x.htm   (1336 words)

  
 kyw.com - Ed Bradley
Bradley, who died at 65 of leukemia, had only a year to enjoy a status of first among equals at the ensemble.
Bradley brought everyone to his apartment and said he wouldn't let them leave until they thrashed it out, she said.
Bradley's family, his CBS family, especially those who worked so closely with him, "The 60 Minutes Team," and for all of us citizens who have had the opportunity to watch him over the years.
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 Poynter Online - Ed Bradley: A Journalist's Legacy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Ed Bradley died of complications from leukemia this morning at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan.
Bradley's achievements are well documented after 26 years on CBS' "60 Minutes." When the National Association of Black Journalists awarded him a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, Bradley reminded the audience he was "not done yet...
Bradley said "not especially" -- to which Nelson said, "Good, we gave you a horse that doesn't like to be ridden." This is actually a photo of that horse ride.
www.poynteronline.org /content/content_view.asp?id=113705   (1506 words)

  
 Ed Bradley
WCBS - Ed Bradley discusses what it was like to be the only fl reporter at his radio station.
Bradley spent everyday at the station, turning his attention to music, sports and some news.
Bradley covered the riots calling in stories from a pay phone, pulling in an occasional city official or community leader to respond to questions.
www.maynardije.org /programs/history/index/020211_start/ed_bradley   (613 words)

  
 THE NEWS BLOG
Bradley died at Mt. Sinai Medical Center of complications from chronic lymphocytic leukemia, said Dr. Valentin Fuster, his cardiologist and the director of the Cardiovascular Institute at Mt. Sinai.
Bradley, who underwent a quintuple bypass operation on his heart in 2003, was diagnosed with leukemia "many years ago,” Dr. Fuster said, but it had not posed a threat to his life until recently, when he contracted an infection.
Bradley’s life off camera was often as rich and compelling as the one in the studio.
stevegilliard.blogspot.com /2006/11/ed-bradley-1941-2006.html   (442 words)

  
 CBS News veteran Ed Bradley dies - Breaking News - World - Breaking News
Bradley, whose illness was not widely known, had just begun his 26th year as one of the team of reporters on the landmark CBS News magazine when he died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, a network spokeswoman said.
Bradley's death was announced on the air by CBS News anchor Katie Couric, who broke into regular programming to deliver the news.
Tyndall said Bradley could have gone much further in TV news but chose to remain with 60 Minutes, where he was well known for "the empathetic quality of his interviewing", evident in a memorable interview with boxing champion Muhammad Ali.
www.smh.com.au /news/World/CBS-News-veteran-Ed-Bradley-dies/2006/11/10/1162661863770.html   (660 words)

  
 cbs5.com - Ed Bradley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Ed Bradley is the person who drew my attention to 60 Minutes years ago and I try not to miss any of his stories or 60 Minutes period.
Bradley was ill. I watched one of his stories a couple of weeks ago and thought that his voice was not the same.
Ed was a first rate journalist, and throughout his career he not only set a high standard for his fellow journalists, he also helped to break down barriers in a field that too often has not reflected the true diversity of our nation.
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 wcbstv.com - Ed Bradley
Ed Bradley was a class act, a tough, thorough, gracious reporter.
Ed was never flappable or pretentious either, letting his subjects have the floor to have their say.
Ed was either renovating or in the early stages of designing a brownstone he had bought in Manhattan and he brought out the blueprints.
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 CBS News veteran Ed Bradley dies - Breaking News - World - Breaking News
Bradley, whose illness was not widely known, had just begun his 26th year as one of the team of reporters on the landmark CBS News magazine when he died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, a network spokeswoman said.
Bradley's death was announced on the air by CBS News anchor Katie Couric, who broke into regular programming to deliver the news.
Tyndall said Bradley could have gone much further in TV news but chose to remain with 60 Minutes, where he was well known for "the empathetic quality of his interviewing", evident in a memorable interview with boxing champion Muhammad Ali.
www.theage.com.au /news/World/CBS-News-veteran-Ed-Bradley-dies/2006/11/10/1162661863770.html   (659 words)

  
 Ed Bradley Biography - Biography.com
Bradley began his career in media on the radio as a DJ and news reporter in Philadelphia.
Bradley became the network's main correspondent for Southeast Asia in 1973 and then went to Washington, D.C., to cover the White House in 1976.
Bradley died of leukemia on November 9, 2006, in New York's Mount Sinai Hospital.
www.biography.com /search/article.do?id=201304   (331 words)

  
 Ed Bradley biography
Bradley was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award grand prize and television first prize for "CBS Reports: In the Killing Fields of America" (January 1995), a three-hour documentary about violence in America, which he co-anchored and reported.
Bradley's coverage of the plight of Cambodian refugees, broadcast on the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite and CBS News Sunday Morning, won a George Polk Award in journalism.
Bradley was born June 22, 1941 in Philadelphia.
www.topblacks.com /literature/ed-bradley.htm   (649 words)

  
 ABC News: Ed Bradley of '60 Minutes' Dies at 65
Ed Bradley, the award-winning television journalist who broke racial barriers at CBS News and created a distinctive, powerful body of work during his 26 years on "60 Minutes," died Thursday.
Bradley "was tough in an interview, he was insistent on getting an interview," said former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, "and at the same time when the interview was over, when the subject had taken a pretty heavy lashing by him they left as friends.
Bradley's consummate skills were recognized with numerous awards, including four George Foster Peabody awards and 19 Emmys, the latest for a segment on the reopening of the 50-year-old racial murder case of Emmett Till.
a.abcnews.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=2641421   (490 words)

  
 NPR : Ed Bradley, a TV Journalism Favorite, Dies
Longtime friend and former 60 Minutes producer Don Hewitt hired Bradley to be part of the pioneering news magazine's team for the 1981 season, and he remained a key part of the show's roster of reporters almost to the end of his life.
Bradley was one of the few African-American journalists in such a high-profile position at the time he was hired to work for 60 Minutes.
Ed Bradley, 60 Minutes is one of the most important journalistic outlets in the country.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=6463420   (1901 words)

  
 Tributes To Trailblazer Ed Bradley , Dignitaries, Ordinary TV Viewers Salute The Late CBS Newsman - CBS News
Bradley died at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan of complications from chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Ed Bradley was born June 22, 1941 in a rough section of Philadelphia, where he once recalled that his parents sometimes worked 20-hour days at two jobs apiece.
Bradley's significant contribution to electronic journalism was also recognized by the Radio/Television News Directors Association when it named him its Paul White Award winner for 2000, joining distinguished journalists such as Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite and Peter Jennings as a Paul White recipient.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/11/09/national/main2165871.shtml   (1582 words)

  
 Ed Bradley, CBS News Reporter, 1941-2006 | BlogHer
Ed Bradley, a long-time reporter for CBS News whose portfolio ranged from uncovering the killing fields of Cambodia to interviews with notables ranging from mass murderer Timothy Mc Veigh to megacelebrities such as Patti Labelle and Tiger Woods, died today of complications of leukemia, according to news reports.
Bradley, a Philadelphia native, was a 6th grade teacher in the mid-1960s when he met Georgie Woods, the legendary DJ from city's leading fl radio station, WDAS.
Bradley's death is also a lead item on the website of the National Association of Black Journalists, of which Bradley was a long-time member.
www.blogher.org /node/12409   (651 words)

  
 CBS News | Ed Bradley | October 4, 2005 12:00:05
Bradley's consummate skills as a broadcast journalist and his distinctive body of work have been recognized with numerous awards, including 19 Emmys, the latest for a segment that reported the reopening of the 50-year-old racial murder case of Emmett Till.
Bradley's 60 MINUTES interview with condemned Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh (March 2000) was the only television interview ever given by the man guilty of one of the worst terrorist acts on American soil; it also earned Bradley an Emmy.
Bradley was born June 22, 1941, in Philadelphia and was graduated from Cheyney (Pa.) State College in 1964 with a B.S. in education.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/1998/07/08/60minutes/main13501.shtml   (831 words)

  
 ETonline.com: Memorial Service Held for Ed Bradley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Bradley passed away on November 9 at the age of 65 due to complications from leukemia.
Cronkite also issued the following statement: "Ed Bradley's death is a great blow to his colleagues and many friends, but perhaps only his journalist colleagues know how great is his loss to the world of journalism.
Bradley was highly regarded as a pioneering fl journalist and won 19 Emmy awards during his illustrious career, which began in 1967 when he landed a full-time job at the CBS-owned New York radio station WCBS.
www.etonline.com /tv/news/37715   (636 words)

  
 Remembering Ed Bradley - Commentary - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Bradley said in later interviews, he quickly let his assignment editor know he was not there to cover only the "fl stories." To his credit, he was too restless for that and we, his audience, are the richer for it.
Bradley that, according to the New York Times, his close friends at his death bed included fellow fl journalism pioneer Charlayne Hunter-Gault of National Public Radio and musical artist Jimmy Buffett of Margaritaville.
Bradley made no secret of his dislike for the White House beat, which should surprise no one who is familiar with it or with Mr.
www.washtimes.com /commentary/20061113-094938-4886r.htm   (711 words)

  
 News- '60 Minutes' Anchor Ed Bradley Dies - AOL Black Voices
Bradley died of leukemia at Mount Sinai hospital, CBS News announced.
Bradley's consummate skills were recognized with numerous awards, including 19 Emmys, the latest for a segment on the reopening of the 50-year-old racial murder case of Emmett Till.
Ed Bradley of '60 Minutes' and soul singer Alicia Keys attend a 45th Annual GRAMMY Awards event at Madison Square Garden in New York.
blackvoices.aol.com /black_news/canvas_directory_headlines_features/_a/60-minutes-anchor-ed-bradley-dies/20061109123309990002   (943 words)

  
 Award-winning Black Journalist Ed Bradley Dies at 65 : Essence.com
Bradley on the stage at Jazzfest many timesHis love for jazz is legendary and only second to commitment to having intergrity and dignity in his reporting.
Ed Bradley was a professional, he was intelligent, he was good looking and more importantly he was a brother on corporate TV with a beard and an earring.
Ed Bradley was one of the few people who attained "true freedom." As he interviewed people, the questions that he asked them just made them tell the truth.
www.essence.com /essence/themix/entertainment/0,16109,1557195,00.html   (3114 words)

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