“60 Minutes” Correspondent Ed Bradley Has Died

Brian Zick

Frazier Moore for AP reports NEW YORK - Ed Bradley, the award-winning "60 Minutes" correspondent who grew up in the tough streets of Philadelphia, was wounded while covering the Vietnam War and later became CBS's first black White House correspondent, died Thursday. He was 65. Bradley died of leukemia at Mount Sinai, CBS News announced.

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