CBS newsman Ed Bradley was a big fan of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. On Friday, the Jazz Fest honored his memory and his two decades of support with an opening day jazz funeral procession, complete with two brass bands.
Bradley, who died in November, had wanted to be remembered at the festival with a "second line" parade, so-called because watchers often fall in to form a second line of paraders.
"He put it in his will. He wanted a second line and a New Orleans brass band, and Quint Davis to put it all together," said his widow, Patricia Blanchet.
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His voice breaking, an emotional Davis, the festival producer, said: "We are happy to be sad and say, 'You will always be here at Jazz Fest.'"