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Thursday, November 09, 2006

CBS Anchor, Ed Bradley Dies

Ed Bradley, the longtime "60 Minutes" reporter has died from leukemia, aged 65.

Bradley whose probing questions and deceptively relaxed interviewing manner graced some of that show's most notable reports. He was the only TV journalist to interview condemned Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

Bradley joined "60 Minutes" during the 1981-82 season after two years as White House correspondent for CBS News and three years at "CBS Reports."

His reporting over the years won him a Peabody Award, 19 Emmys and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, among many others. He was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.

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