'60 Minutes' to Pay Tribute to Bradley
The Associated Press
Friday, November 10, 2006; 5:06 PM
NEW YORK -- "60 Minutes" will give its late correspondent Ed Bradley a send-off on Sunday with an hour-long tribute that features interviews with close friends and a solo by jazz musician Wynton Marsalis.
Bradley, a 26-year veteran of the CBS newsmagazine, died of leukemia on Thursday.
  This photo which was supplied by CBS shows CBS News Correspondent Ed Bradley in 2004 in New York. Bradley died Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006, of leukemia at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital. He was 65.(AP Photo/John P. Filo,CBS) (John Filo - AP) Photos
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Sunday's special includes Steve Kroft's interviews with some of Bradley's closest friends, musician Jimmy Buffett, journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Marsalis. Morley Safer will review the legacy of Bradley's estimated 500 "60 Minutes" stories.
Lesley Stahl will do a profile of Bradley, from his childhood in Philadelphia to his job at "60 Minutes."
It will air in the "60 Minutes" time slot of 7 p.m. ET.
