[CondorFlight]

Ed Bradley of '60 Minutes' Dies
Posted by AUJenn
On 11/09/2006 9:21:12 AM PST · 65 replies · 1,354+ views

drudgereport.com ^
Ed Bradley, the veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent and one of the pioneering black journalists of his generation, died today. He was 65. Bradley, who had won 19 Emmy awards, covered an incredible array of stories after joining the CBS newsmagazine in 1981, from brain cancer to sexual abuse in the Catholic Church to the high school shootings at Columbine. He also reported a number of award-winning documentaries, covered political conventions and filled in on the "CBS Evening News" and other programs. Bradley remained active on "60 Minutes," but he had been ill for some time and underwent heart surgery about...

[Nonstatist]

Ed Bradley, the veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent and one of the pioneering black journalists of his generation, died today.

Dang! No wonder there was no 60 minutes follow-up. Sheesh!

[pepperhead]

It says alot of Bradley's character that in his dying days he would speak out about this case. It would have been so easy for him to remain silent about this case, but he didn't.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Man, he sure looked older than 65, didn't he? Now we know why.

He is someone I hardly ever agreed with, but I liked him because he was not Dan Rather. I have not watched 60 minutes in so long (except for the Duke peice), he never really pissed me off.

May he rest in peace.