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Nov 21, 2006 6:20 pm US/Eastern
Memorial Service Held For Ed Bradley In NYC
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Family, friends and colleagues packed New York's Riverside Church Tuesday to bid a fond farewell to veteran CBS News correspondent Ed Bradley, who died Nov. 9 at the age of 65 of complications from leukemia.
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Friends Deliver Eulogies At Ed Bradley Memorial:
Bill Clinton Bill Cosby Don Hewitt Charlayne Hunter-Gault Steve Kroft Wynton Marsalis Ed Bradley's Producers Ed Bradley's Godson, Cordell WhitlockNEW YORK Family, friends and colleagues packed New York's Riverside Church Tuesday to bid a fond farewell to veteran CBS News correspondent Ed Bradley, who died Nov. 9 at the age of 65 of complications from leukemia.
"He was like the great jazz musicians he admired. He always played in the key of reason," said former President Bill Clinton, one of many distinguished speakers at the memorial service.
"I knew I had arrived in national politics when Ed Bradley wanted to interview me," Mr. Clinton said. He added, "I always preferred when he interviewed others."
A long list of entertainers, journalists, politicians and musicians from across the country attended the service, reflecting Bradley's achievements and diverse interests. Among them: comedian Bill Cosby; the Rev. Jesse Jackson; New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg; singers Aaron Neville and Paul Simon; and a who's who from the world of television news including Katie Couric, Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Lesley Stahl, Mike Wallace, Morley Safer and Diane Sawyer.
"I always thought his greatest achievement was the artistry with which he lived his life," said Bradley's "60 Minutes" colleague Steve Kroft. "If he had any regrets I never heard them. And it was a great life. A great life."
Bradley spent 25 years with the venerable news magazine, winning numerous awards, including 20 Emmys, the latest for an interview with astronaut Neil Armstrong.
Musical performances at the service included a jazz group led by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis; Buffet singing "Do You Know What It Means New Orleans" with pianist Allen Toussaint; a church choir; and a New Orleans funeral brass band.
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