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Actor Born: June 22, 1941 in Philadelphia, PA Death: November 9, 2006 in New York, NY Biography:Though he is best known as the 25-year-plus correspondent of CBS's 60 Minutes (and as such, an icon of the American media), African-American broadcaster Ed Bradley made a handful of minor contributions outside of the newsmagazine format, to feature films, music specials, and even the occasional sitcom.
Born in Philadelphia, Bradley debuted on 60 Minutes in 1981 (replacing Dan Rather). He took his cinematic bow in 1987, when he played a military private in Rick Rosenthal's family-friendly drama Russkies, about a bunch of children who discover a washed-up Russian sailor on a nearby shore. Two years later, Bradley -- also an accomplished musician -- contributed a performance of "Sixty Minute Man" to the concert film The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is. He cameo'd as himself on a 1993 episode of Murphy Brown ("All the Life That's Fit to Print"), and hosted the 2001 documentary Ennis' Gift, about... Full Biography
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