I just heard on the noon news that 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley died

[Reverend_Smitty]

That's so sad...RIP Ed

[reyd reid reed]

1. Oh no...

how sad.

:(

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

2. Nooooo!

Very sad.

[kay1864]

3. Damn. Just...damn.

The man was such a class act. I remember him standing up to the white redneck whose aunt was involved in the Emmett Till case.

He was the perfect balance between hard-as-nails when he needed to be, and light touch of humor when he needed to be.

Damn.

RIP, Ed Bradley.

[BarenakedLady]

4. Oh how sad.

RIP Ed

[BuelahWitch]

5. Leukemia, per the AP

I didn't even know he was sick! :cry:

[reyd reid reed]

6. That's what I heard, too

I know he'd lost a lot of weight and he hasn't been looking good, but I didn't realize he had leukemia.

I suppose he didn't want us to know. Which was his right.

RIP.

He was still here for Tuesday, though. I hope that made it easier and that he died with hope in his heart.

[Momgonepostal]

7. I didn't know either

Geez, that's sad. I always liked him.

[av8rdave]

8. just saw it online

very sad

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. I hate waking up to news like this

Damn it, that guy was good, and he had style. I keep hearing his voice in my head, and I realize how much I trusted it — like, when he was reporting, I paid attention. He had a real gift for interviewing, for asking tough questions without being an attack dog, and then turning around and being so gentle. His Hurricane Katrina reporting was outstanding.

And I loved that earring. It said, "I am who I am."

I wonder, too — in another 10 years or so, whom will we have left to look up to in journalism?

:cry:

[Westegg]

10. A good, solid TV journalist...

...in an age when, sadly, there are few of them left. I also understand he was a frst-rate guy all around.

[SeattleGirl]

11. RIP, Ed.

:cry:

[Left Is Write]

12. I heard the same on the noon news here.

I was unaware he was ill.