MIKE WALLACE - CBS NEWSMAN ED BRADLEY DIES

Veteran US newsman ED BRADLEY died today (09NOV06) of complications from leukaemia. He was 65. Two years ago (04), Bradley was diagnosed with leukaemia and was in remission, but he took a turn for the worse two weeks ago (OCT06). He passed away at Mount Sinai hospital in New York City. Bradley joined news show 60 MINUTES during the 1981-82 season and also anchored and reported hour-long specials. Longtime colleague MIKE WALLACE said, "(He was) a man of gentleness and a man of strength, a man of integrity. "Bradley was a complete reporter and a reporter's reporter. He covered the world, really." The newsman began his broadcast career as a radio disc jockey and became a full-time correspondent for CBS in 1973. He covered the fall of Cambodia and Vietnam in 1975 and was named White House correspondent in 1976. Two years later he joined CBS Reports. Bradley was married to artist PATRICIA BLANCHETT and lived in Woody Creek, Colorado and New York City.