Advertisement | CBS Remembers Ed BradleyFriends And Colleagues Share Memories Of A Legendary NewsmanNEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2006   Byron Pitts Remembers BradleyCBS News national correspondent Byron Pitts shares memories of Ed Bradley. Pitts says Bradley showed African-Americans that they could be in broadcast journalism. | Share/Embed
(CBS) Ed Bradley joined the CBS family in August, 1967. In the subsequent 40 years, he touched the lives of hundreds of colleagues. Here are some brief remembrances from people who knew and loved him. It's very, sort of, difficult to quantify Ed Bradley. He just was. He was Ed Bradley and that was enough." Don Hewitt, creator, 60 Minutes "It was his humanity, his compassion starting way back with those Cambodian boat people where he stopped being a reporter. He could get things out of people because he, I don't know, he just had a way of being honest about himself. He was so comfortable in his own skin." Lesley Stahl, correspondent, 60 Minutes Steve Kroft, correspondent, 60 Minutes You don't replace a man like Ed Bradley at any news organization. He is a legend, and we're going to miss his work. But, I think just as important, we're going to miss Ed Bradley the man." Sean McManus, President, CBS News and CBS Sports When he laughed, he laughed whole-heartedly from down deep. He was just an absolutely delightful man." Mike Wallace, correspondent, 60 Minutes Ed was a great person to be a around who never forgot where he came from. He was a great helper to African-American journalists. He was also the softest touch in town. He wasn't into the celebrity charity thing, but he helped a whole lot of people over the years who really needed it." Bob Schieffer, Chief Washington Correspondent and host of Face The Nation Rome Hartman, Executive Producer, CBS Evening New With Katie Couric, and former producer, 60 Minutes. Ed inspired you. Ed made you want to be better at your job. There's one other great part about being with Ed... You were much cooler if you stood next to Ed Bradley. He was the coolest man on the planet. I miss him already." Susan Zirinsky, Executive Producer, 48 Hours Greg Kandra, Editor, Couric & Co. Bill Owens, Senior Broadcast Producer, CBS Evening New With Katie Couric Mary Alice Williams, writer, CBS Evening News With Katie Couric Michele Filgate, Production Secretary, CBS Evening News With Katie Couric, and a former intern for 60 Minutes ©MMVI, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Advertisement  Could D.C. Bribery Have Cost Troop Lives?Exclusive: In Finding How IED Targeting Went Awry, Investigator Found Trail Of Gifts And Earmarks |
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