I don't know if you all watch "60 Minutes" daily or from time to time but Ed Bradley passed away today. Wow what a BIG loss to "60 Minutes." My thoughts and prayers are with Ed's family and friends.

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"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Ed Bradley, the longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent who reported on subjects ranging from jazz musicians to the Columbine school shootings, has died. He was 65.Bradley died Thursday at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital of leukemia, according to staff members at the CBS program.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.CNN's David Fitzpatrick, a former CBS producer who worked with Bradley, said there were tears in the halls of CBS News after word of his passing."He was gracious," Fitzpatrick said. "He would always have a smile."Bradley is survived by his wife, Patricia Blanchet."

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