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Ed Bradley Passes Away and America Loses a Journalist's Journalist

13th Nov 2006, 15:56 GMT

There is only one label you can stick on Ed Bradley; all others just don’t cut it. He wasn't merely a black journalist; he wasn’t a war journalist, he wasn’t a great journalist… he was a journalist’s journalist. Sadly, we lost Ed Bradley at the age of 65 to leukemia Thursday, November 9, 2006 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Most who heard the news were shocked, not even knowing he was ill. The 60 Minutes correspondent of 26 years was born June 22, 1941. He grew up being told he could be anything he wanted to be, and he strove for that goal. Bradley earned a bachelor's degree in education from Cheyney State College in 1964. At 22, he landed a job at radio station WDAS in his hometown of Philadelphia, covering the 1961 race riots with nothing but a portable tape recorder. Four years later, he landed a spot in New York on news radio station WCBS. In 1971, he hit Europe running and became a freelance stringer for CBS News in their Paris bureau, eventually ending up in Saigon, where he was wounded covering the Vietnam War. In June of 1974, he became CBS’s White House correspondent for two years, the first black reporter to do so. In 1975, he went back to eastern Asia to cover the fall of Cambodia and Vietnam. He served a stint as the anchorman for the CBS Sunday Night News, and finally found his home at 60 Minutes in 1981 doing entertaining profiles. In his distinguished career he won (to name a only few) 19 Emmy awards, a Peabody Award for his AIDS report “Death by Denial,” a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Associations of Black Journalists, and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. Bradley will be missed by his fans, who found him disarmingly friendly, entertaining, and relaxed. His nonchalant way of getting to the point without letting you know you were being led there was part of his trademark style that will never be duplicated. He will be remembered as a reporter who wasn’t happy just sitting at a desk, typing out a story; he had to be there and see it with his own eyes, investigating every detail. Bradley is survived by his wife Patricia and his millions of fans worldwide. Let's interact & converse, your opinions matter. Visit here often-as new facts become available I update this article frequently in the comments section. I'm the not-yet published author of two spy novels SYSTEM 10 and its sequel GHOST OF A CHANCE. Before a disabling attack, I was a professional artist. I now vote Democrat after becoming disgusted with the far-right takeover of the GOP. If you live in a bubble of only your own opinions your mind will stagnate. REMEMBER in nature things that aren't flexible eventually break!

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