Ed Bradley, one of the greatest and most honored newscasters, has passed away of leukemia. Bradley, who scored numerous interviews with some of the biggest names in the world, was a consummate professional who broke ranks in the barrier of race. He received 19 Emmys (3 at the 2003 awards show) and joined 60minutes as a newscaster in 1981. Bradley will be missed by many in the industry and he credited Liza Minnelli with convincing him to get his ear pierced. Bradley was 65.

Also passing is actor Jack Palance. The 87-year-old passed away of natural causes and had been acting since 1950 when he played a murderer in the film Panic In The Streets. When he won the Academy Award in 1992, he got down on the floor and started doing one-handed push-ups to show that he was still a physical powerhouse. He won the award for his role as Curly Washburn in the film City Slickers. The role was a self-parody of the many cowboy/western roles that Palance starred in. He once said, "Most of the stuff I do is garbage." And of the directors he worked with, he said this: "Most of them shouldn't even be directing traffic."

R.I.P.

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