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Thu 9 Nov, 2006 11:21 am
60 Minutes' Ed Bradley has died of leukemia.
So sad; I admired him.
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Wow. - He was sort of an icon.
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snood wrote:Wow. - He was sort of an icon.
And a genuinely nice person, something rare among TV stars.
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I think of him as being so vigorous -- one of those "does not compute" deaths.
Sigh.
Very cool guy.
He was an icon... and will doubtless be missed...
What a shame. He was a great guy, and a wonderful reporter. I HAD noticed recently that he looked a bit wan.
We will miss you, Ed, but you have left us a great legacy:
It was apparent that he was ill. He'd gotten so thin and looked quite old. But back in the day, he was such a fine "take no ****" kind of man. Remember when he used to wear the little gold hoop earring? Who ever heard of such a thing? A male journalist? Wearing an earring? Be still my heart.
He will be missed.
Back when corporate scandals were daily headline fare, a joke going around went something like:
Q. What does a CEO most dread hearing his secretary announce?
A. "Sir, there's a Mr. Bradley here, and he'd like to tape an interview with you ... "
A well respected and admired journalist. He will be missed.
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BumbleBeeBoogie wrote:60 Minutes' Ed Bradley has died of leukemia.
So sad; I admired him.
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He was 65 years of age.
In my mind, he was most like an Edward R Murrow, a man of integrity.
Re: 60 Minutes' Ed Bradley has died
Miller wrote:BumbleBeeBoogie wrote:60 Minutes' Ed Bradley has died of leukemia.
So sad; I admired him.
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He was 65 years of age.
Mr. Bradley shone as a broadcast journalist because of a deep, resonate voice, which he employed in a measured and articulate manner. He didn't rely upon gimic, but solid journalistic technique, with which he relentlessly pursued the story. Because he was so well-spoken, because he projected his professional skills so well before the camera, because both his good-humor and his no-nonsense approach to each story he did shone through in every segment of his which was broadcast, he wasn't a great African-American journalist, he was one of the greatest broadcast journalists of his lifetime, period.
Lena Horne
In 1981, Ed Bradley strolled hand-in-hand across a New York street with singer Lena Horne as part of a story about making it in a white-dominated world.
This is one of my favorite Ed Bradley interviews. I know it was Bradley's favorite, too.
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I just heard this.
He'll be greatly missed. Partly for his skills as a fine journalist. Partly for being fine (which helped me tune in to 60 Minutes sometimes).
He was a Philly kid. When I was growing up I used to listen to jazz rom WDAS and WHAT, two mainly black stations in Philly. THE BEST JAZZ ON THE PLANET. Ed Bradley would fill in for guys like Sid Mark, and Lou Rawls . All guys with sonorous voices. Ed would do the "Ray Charles and Me from 2:30 to 3, every afternoon) I was in ad placement 11th grade so I hadda lotta time to cut and tune in on this new fangled stuff called FM.
I think Bradley frist made his news appearance as a shuffle-around when a bunch of Big Town stations needed replacements as star reporters were being sent over to Nam.
"Evenin sounds with Philly's own Ed Bradley"
Hed have interviews with Jimmy Smith , Sonny Stitt, even Miles would come on when he was in town.
Alas, Philly and the jazz scene of that town is but a memory of my yout.
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