FILE – In this Sept. 3, 2003 file photo, Ed Bradley, center, stands with past and present correspondents of “60 Minutes” and Don Hewitt, the executive producer, lower left, on stage for a Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards in New York. (AP Photo/FILE/Stuart Ramson, File)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ A stretch of road in Philadelphia has been renamed for late “60 Minutes” correspondent Ed Bradley, who began his broadcasting career in the city.
A spokeswoman for KYW-TV said a portion of City Avenue between Monument Road and Presidential Boulevard was dedicated as Ed Bradley Way during a Saturday ceremony.
Bradley grew up in a tough section of Philadelphia, where he once recalled that his parents worked 20-hour days at two jobs apiece.
After graduating from Cheney State College, he launched his career as a DJ and news reporter for a Philadelphia radio station in 1963.
Bradley’s skills as a broadcast journalist were recognized with numerous awards, including 19 Emmys.
He died in 2006.
His widow, Patricia Blanchet, was on hand for the dedication.
