Ed Bradley

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I saw an episode of 60 Minutes awhile ago and was taken aback about how sickly Ed looked. He looked very gaunt and drained. I hadn't read anything about him being ill, so I just chalked it up to him maybe getting over a stomach flu. I guess he had been battling this for awhile.

RIP, Ed. You were a man of great intellect and dignity and will be missed.

[Brookie]

Brian Williams on NBC just paid a wonderful tribute to Ed's body of work. He said that very few people knew Ed had leukemia.

[india7]

I had no idea he was sick! What a great journlist, I really liked him.

[Inkyblott]

I was so shocked when my co-worker told me he had died. There was never anything out there about him being sick. He was one of the best things about 60 Minutes and he will be missed.

[scarlet]

Very, very sad. 60 Minutes won't be the same without him.

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It was at least a couple of years ago that Harrison Ford first told the story about he and the late Mr. Bradley's ear-piercings:

Reader's Digest: Let's start with a tough question. Six years ago you pierced your ear. Has it been all you'd hoped for?

Ford: Oh, much more [laughs]! It's the biggest story in my career. And all I wanted was an earring.

RD: You just did it for fun?

Ford: It wasn't even that much fun. We had lunch with Ed Bradley and Jimmy Buffett ... had a little wine ... it was somebody's birthday. And Melissa [Mathison] and I went out the door and down the street to a piercing place. I never thought anybody would notice. They still come up and say, "My God, you've got an earring."

[fenton8]

I am going to miss him terribly. He was truly an elegant, 2 feet on the ground kind of man and one of the last of the intelligent interviewers. *sigh* Such a loss...

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I had no idea he was sick. Damn...just...damn. Poor guy.



He'll be missed.

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RIP, Ed.

[Brookie]

"60 Minutes" is doing a tribute to Ed. Now.