Rest In Peace, Ed Bradley. "You need some good story tellers."

[omega minimo]

Veteran Journalist Ed Bradley Dies of Leukemia Complications at Age 65 
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remember/july-dec06/bradley_11-09.html 

JEFFREY BROWN: Ed Bradley was known as a great story teller. A man with his own style...and a wide range.... In 1976 he became CBS's first black White House reporter. But it was his 26 years on the hugely popular 60 Minutes for which he will be most remembered... And which earned him numerous honors, including 19 Emmy awards.

ED BRADLEY: I think people realize that what we do every week is tell a good story. We tell three good stories every week. I don't believe that you need a lot of movement and graphics to tell a good story. You need some good story tellers.

ED BRADLEY: If I arrive at the Pearly Gates and St. Peter says what did you do to deserve entry I'll say, 'Did you see my Lena Horn story'?

:patriot:

Mr. Bradley was a professional and a trailblazer-- and one of a dwindling era of American journalists who have the skills and also the warmth to form a genuine connection with the American people.

Did Ed Bradley wait until the results were in from this election, to make his way to the “Pearly Gates”?

Rest In Peace, Ed Bradley. You will be missed.

[NC_Nurse]

1. He was wonderful.

I will truly miss him. :cry:

[Bobbieo]

3. Yes, He will be missed!

[malaise]

2. A great journalist indeed

RIP Bill.

[bigwillq]

4. Ed will be missed.

:cry:

[blitzen]

5. interesting detail from NYT obit: his friend Jimmy Buffet was with him when he died

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/business/media/10bradleycnd.html?ei=5087&en=0c58f7919c9becd8&ex=1178686800&adxnnl=1&excamp=OVBUedbradley&adxnnlx=1163127063-rlP2dYPxFjUygPXy87JU6g


“I made the mistake once of letting him get onstage with my band, and he never stopped doing it,” the singer Jimmy Buffett, a friend of Mr. Bradley’s for 30 years who was also with him when he died, said in a telephone interview today. Mr. Bradley had many nicknames throughout his life — including “Big Daddy,” when he played football in the 1960’s at Cheyney State College in Pennsylvania — but his favorite, according to Ms. Hunter-Gault and Mr. Buffett, was “Teddy Badly,” which Mr. Buffett bestowed on him on stage the first time Mr. Bradley played tambourine at his side.

“Everybody in my opinion needs a little Mardi Gras in their life,” Mr. Buffett said, “and he liked to have a little more than the average person on occasion.”

“He was such a great journalist,” Mr. Buffett added, “but he still knew how to have a good time.”

[omega minimo]

10. Now Ed's jammin with Jimi, Ray and Lena

:evilgrin: O8)

[patrice]

6. Thanks Ed for your time with us. I liked your stories.

Responsible Media.

[fairfaxvadem]

7. I am so bummed out by this news...

It's folks like Ed Bradley that always make me feel that there is hope out there. I could hardly watch the gang from CBS tonight on Larry King and then Aaron Neville sing. Just chokes me up.

[frebrd]

8. K & R - This makes me very sad.

I never met the man, but I feel like I lost a friend.

[fortyfeetunder]

9. Another fan in mourning

K&R...

He will be a tough act to follow on 60 Minutes, no doubt about it.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

11. I copied this and posted on my 'other' blog site. A thread

had already been started.

Thank you for the post and... as has been said: "God Bless Ed".

[omega minimo]

13. Huh?

[bdamomma]

12. I will miss seeing him on 60 minutes.

he will be missed.

[omega minimo]

14. While we work on taking back media, where's the props for Ed Bradley?