By Antonio D. French
Filed Monday, November 27, 2006 at 5:33 PM
Journalism legend Ed Bradley, who died on Nov. 10 of leukemia, left a quarter of a million dollars in his will to local TV achor Cordell Whitlock, the "60 Minutes" icon's godson.
In a 2002 joint interview with USA Today, Whitlock, of KSDK Channel 5, credited Bradley with sparking his interest in journalism when he was in the third grade and Bradley got him into a White House press conference.
"I remember seeing Jimmy Carter walk into the room," said Whitlock. "That was the first time I'd ever seen someone I'd watched on TV in real life. It was breathtaking, just blew me away."
According to the New York Daily News, Bradley left Whitlock $250,000 in his last will and testament. The largest portion of Bradley’s $5 million estate went to his wife Patricia Blanchet.
In a 2002 joint interview with USA Today, Whitlock, of KSDK Channel 5, credited Bradley with sparking his interest in journalism when he was in the third grade and Bradley got him into a White House press conference."I remember seeing Jimmy Carter walk into the room," said Whitlock. "That was the first time I'd ever seen someone I'd watched on TV in real life. It was breathtaking, just blew me away."
According to the New York Daily News, Bradley left Whitlock $250,000 in his last will and testament. The largest portion of Bradley’s $5 million estate went to his wife Patricia Blanchet.
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2 Comments:
Whitlock is a good journalist -- and a nice person. Bradley was probably pretty proud of him.
11/28/2006 1:20 PM
It would be great to see Whitlock given a role in which he could pursue indepth news reporting rather than assigned to chase ambulances. That would be a greater legacy from Bradley.
11/30/2006 5:11 AM
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