The "most trusted man in America" is gone.Walter Cronkite, who personified television journalism for more than a generation as anchor and managing editor of the "CBS Evening News," has died. CBS vice president Linda Mason says Cronkite died at 7:42 p.m. Friday with his family by his side at his home in New York after a long illness. He was 92.
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I remember him during the broadcast of President Kennedy's funeral. Was young at the time but remember it vividly. I also remember him being at a loss for words when man landed on the moon. That was something that was totally unexpected from him.
ReplyDeleteI'm sad to say I don't have any Walter Cronkite memories. I guess I'm too young. But I've really enjoyed watching all these stories about him in the last week. He really was a hero of broadcast news.
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