I have done a handful of memorials dedicated to special individuals.  I admired Ed Bradley of the TV show, 60 Minutes, for many years.  Ed was born on June 22, 1941 almost three weeks after my brother, Bill.  Ed loved music and was a war correspondent during the Viet-nam era.  Ed was critically wounded in Viet-nam but did not receive a Purple Heart for his willingness to put himself at risk for his fellow comrades.  Ed died on the 9th of this month just 2 days before Veterans Day.  Since I had already created a Veterans Day tribute for all veterans, I created this work to honor Ed.  The music selection was easy to make thanks to Ed's love of jazz.  He also knew and paid for the educations of many youngsters who will be responsible for changing the course of human events.  May God keep him. Don Hewitt, the creator of 60 minutes, said the following about Ed Bradley: "He recalled one newsroom meeting where he told those gathered that he hired Ed Bradley for 60 Minutes because he’s a member of a minority." Everyone gasped. “He’s a great gentleman and a great reporter,” Hewitt told them. “If that doesn’t make him a member of a minority, I don’t know what does.” Life is an ever changing cycle of birth, living, and death.  It is so precious that those that take it for granted are not living life to its full limits.  May God help them before it is too late.  The following is offered to those who appreciate the wonderful world that we live in and to commerate the life of Ed Bradley from a different perspective than the standard obituaries that you can find on the Internet.  "A wise man changes his mind, a fool never." -Proverb "They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."        - Andy Warhol "No matter how far you have gone down the wrong road, turn back."             -Proverb "There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered."        - Nelson Mandela "Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason."             - Unknown "We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance."        - Harrison Ford "Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it." "Change is a challenge and an opportunity; not a threat."        - Prince Phillip of England "Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.""        - B. Tracy "Nothing endures but change.""        - Jeraclitus

There'll Be Some Changes Made     by William Benton Overstreet / Billy Higgins - 1921 Performed by Ethel Waters They say don't change the old for the new But I found out that this will never do When you grow old, you don't last long You're just here my honey, then you're gone I loved a man for many years gone by I thought his love for me would never die He made a change and said I would not do For now I'm gonna make some changes too Why there's a change in the weather, there's a change in the sea So from now on there'll be a change in me My walk will be different, my talk and my name Nothing about me's goin' be the same I'm gonna change my long tall one for a little short fat I'm gonna change my number where I'm livin' at Because nobody wants you when you're old and gray There'll be some changes made today There'll be some changes made Why there's a change in the weather, there's a change in the sea So from now on there'll be a change in me Why my walk will be different, my talk and my name Nothing about me gonna be the same I'm gonna change my way of living, and that ain't no bluff Why I'm thinkin' about changing the way I'm gonna strut my stuff Because nobody wants you when you're old and gray There'll be some changes made today There'll be some changes made As Performed by Billie Holiday They say don't change the old for the new But I've found out that this will never do When you grow old don't last long You're here today and then tomorrow you're gone I loved a man for many years gone by I thought his love for me would never die He made some changes that would never do From now on I'm going to make some changes too For there's a change in the weather There's a change in the sea So from now on there'll be in change in me My walk will be different, my talk and my name Nothin' about me is going to be the same I'm goin' to change my wayof livin' If that ain't enough Then I'll change the way that I strut my stuff 'Cause nobody wants you when you're old and gray There'll be some changes made today There'll be some changes made The say the old time things are the best That may be very good for all the rest But I'm goin'g let the old things be 'Cause they are certainly not suited for me There was a time when I thought that way That's why I'm all alone here today Since every one these days seeks something new From now on I'm goin' to seek some new things too For there's a change in the fashion Ask the femine folks Even Jack Benny has changed jokes I must make some changes from old to new I must do things just the same as others do I'm goin' to change my long, tall daddy for a little short fat Goin' to change the number where I live at I must have some lovin' or I'll fade away There'll be some changes made today There'll be some changes made