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PostPosted: Thu, Nov 9 2006, 4:01 pm EST    Post subject: FYI: Ed Bradley dies

60 Minutes’ correspondent Ed Bradley dies

Emmy-winning veteran newsman succumbs to leukemia at age 65,

NEW YORK - Ed Bradley, the award-winning television journalist who broke racial barriers at CBS News and created a distinctive, powerful body of work during his 26 years on “60 Minutes,” died Thursday. He was 65.

Bradley died of leukemia at Mount Sinai hospital, CBS News announced.

He landed many memorable interviews, including the Duke lacrosse players accused of rape, Michael Jackson and the only TV interview with Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

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