Ed Bradley

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Ed Bradley and Jimmy Carter , 1978

Edward Rudolph Bradley, Jr. (born June 22, 1941 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † November 9, 2006 in New York ) was an American journalist who worked for the TV magazine 60 Minutes for twenty-six years . Bradley was the first African American television correspondent for the White House and anchorman for the CBS Sunday Night with Ed Bradley news program . His work has received nineteen Emmys awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Black Journalists .

Life

Bradley, nicknamed "Butch Bradley" when he was a child, was the only child of a working class couple . After his parents divorced in 1943, he grew up with his mother, Gladys, who had two jobs to make ends meet. His father was in the vending machine business and ran a restaurant in Detroit that summer .

When Bradley was nine years old, Gladys enrolled him in the Mount Saint Charles Academy , a Catholic boarding school for blacks, in Woonsocket, Rhode Island . He later attended Cheyney State College in Cheyney, Pennsylvania , which he left in 1964 with a degree in education . First he taught in a sixth grade at the William B. Mann Elementary School in Wynnefield (Philadelphia). On the side he worked for free (later at the minimum wage ) at WDAS-FM, a radio station in Philadelphia, as a DJ , news anchor and sports commentator.

Career

Bradley took his first steps as a news reporter on radio station WDAS-FM during the Philadelphia riots in the 1960s. In 1967 he was able to get a full-time job at the New York radio station WCBS. In 1971 he moved to Paris . When his savings ran low, he began working as a freelancer covering the Paris Peace Conference for CBS News. In 1972 he went to Saigon to report on the Vietnam War and the War in Cambodia . He also wanted to spend some time in Phnom Penh . In Cambodia , shrapnel from a mortar injured his left arm and back.

In 1974 he moved to Washington and reported, among other things, on Jimmy Carter's appearances during the presidential election campaign in 1976. In the course of this, he was named White House correspondent by CBS News , making him the first black TV correspondent in the White House until 1978. He moved to CBS-Reports , where he worked as chief correspondent until 1981. In the same year Anchorman Walter Cronkite left the CBS Evening News and was replaced by the 60-Minutes correspondent Dan Rather . The vacancy at 60 Minutes has been filled with Bradley.

Bradley has contributed to more than five hundred reports over the course of his 26 years of service for 60 Minutes. He interviewed Howard Stern , Laurence Olivier , Subcomandante Marcos , Timothy McVeigh , Michael Jackson , Mick Jagger , 92-year-old George Burns and Michael Jordan, among others . Bradley conducted the first television interview with Bob Dylan , who had categorically declined interviews for twenty years.

There were quite unusual programs: In one episode Bradley played blackjack with (the blind) Ray Charles ; in another he interviewed a Soviet general in a Russian sauna and when he interviewed the singer Lena Horne he said to her: “If I stand at the gate of heaven and am asked how I earned my entrance to Paradise , I will answer : Did you see my 'Lena Horne Interview'? ”Known for his idiosyncratic style, Bradley was the first (and so far only) male correspondent to regularly wear an earring during the 60 Minutes shows.

Private

Bradley was married to the Haitian artist Patricia Blanchet, whom he met while visiting a museum, where she worked as a museum guide. After ten years together, the wedding took place at their home in Woody Creek , Colorado . The marriage remained childless.

Bradley was an avid jazz fan and hosted the Peabody Award at Lincoln Center for ten years (until his death) . As a big fan of the Neville Brothers , he occasionally even stood with them on stage and was considered the "fifth Neville Brother".

Bradley was a longtime friend of Jimmy Buffett . With this he also appeared more often on the stage under the pseudonym "Teddy". Due to limited musical skills and his small repertoire, he usually only sang in the classic " Sixty Minute Man " by Billy Ward & the Dominoes .

Bradley died of leukemia on November 9, 2006, at the age of 65 in the Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, in the presence of Buffett .

Bradley, who held a season ticket for the New York Knicks for twenty years , was honored with a minute's silence on November 13, 2006 before the game against Cleveland . On the Sunday after Bradley's death Wynton Marsalis remembered his friend with a trumpet - solo at the end of 60 Minutes . In April 2007, a traditional jazz funeral procession was held at the New Orleans Jazz Fest in Bradley's honor .

Awards

Web links

Wikiquote: Ed Bradley  - Quotes

Footnotes

  1. ^ A b 'Butch' Bradley, The Early Years , CBS News, Dec. 31, 2006
  2. ^ From prison to prime time , The Boston Globe, Jan. 2, 2008
  3. ↑ a b c d Ed Bradley dies at 65 , Washington Post , Nov. 10, 2006
  4. ↑ Original sound: "If I arrived at the Pearly gates and Saint Peter said, What have you done to deserve entry? ´ I'd just say, Did you see my Lena Horne story?"
  5. ↑ Ed Bradley Remembered; Interview With Virginia Senator-Elect Jim Webb , Larry King , November 9, 2006
  6. ^ A b Ed Bradley, Veteran CBS Newsman, Dies , New York Times , Nov. 9, 2006
  7. ↑ Bradley Dies of Leukemia , CBS News, Nov. 9, 2006
  8. ↑ New York vs. Cleveland  ( page no longer available , web archive search ), The Associated Press News Service, Nov. 13, 2006@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / sportsline.com
  9. ^ Wynton on Ed Bradley , wyntonmarsalis.org, November 10, 2006
  10. ^ New Orleans Jazz Fest Honors Ed Bradley. Retrieved May 9, 2020 . , CBS News, April 27, 2007
  11. ^ Leukemia Claims CBS News' Ed Bradley , Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy Web site, Nov. 9, 2006
  12. ↑ Legendary '60 Minutes' Correspondent Ed Bradley Has Died , ABC News, Nov. 9, 2006
  13. ↑ 28th Annual Awards - 1996 ( Memento from December 16, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ 60 Minutes' Ed Bradley Dead At 65 , CBS News, Nov. 10, 2006
  15. ↑ CBS 'Ed Bradley 2000 Paul White Award Recipient ( Memento from November 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  16. ^ Duke Rape Suspects Speak Out , CBS News, Sep. 15, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Bradley, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bradley, Edward Rudolph junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 2006
Place of death new York