Ed Bradley
TV Journalist
Died when: 65 years 140 days (784 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Edward Rudolph Bradley Jr. (June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American broadcast journalist and news anchor.He was best known for his reporting on 60 Minutes and CBS News.
Bradley began his journalism career as a radio news reporter in Philadelphia, where his first major story was covering the 1964 Philadelphia race riot.
He moved to New York City in 1967 and worked for WCBS as a radio news reporter.Four years later, Bradley moved to Paris, France, where he covered the Paris Peace Accords as a stringer for CBS News.
In 1972, he transferred to Vietnam and covered the Vietnam War and Cambodian Civil War, coverage for which he won Alfred I. duPont and George Polk awards.
Bradley moved to Washington, D.C. following the wars and covered Jimmy Carter's first presidential campaign.He became the first African American White House correspondent for CBS News, holding the position from 1976–1978.
During this time, Bradley also anchored the Sunday night broadcast of the CBS Evening News, a position he held until 1981.
In 1981, Bradley joined 60 Minutes.While reporting for CBS News and 60 Minutes, he reported on approximately 500 stories and won numerous Peabody and Emmy awards for his work covering a wide range of topics, including the rescue of Vietnamese refugees, segregation in the United States, the AIDS epidemic in Africa, and sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.
Bradley died in 2006 of leukemia.
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