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07-17-2009, 09:28 PM
Walter Cronkite Dead: Legendary Newsman Dies At 92
Huffington Post/CBS News
First Posted: 07-17-09 06:41 PM | Updated: 07-17-09 09:04 PM
Walter Cronkite, the legendary TV news anchor once known as the "most trusted man in America," has died at the age of 92.
Cronkite anchored the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981 with his trademark sign-off, "And that's the way it is..."
According to an upcoming CBS special on Cronkite to air on Sunday, July 19, President Obama said about the news legend: "Walter invited us to believe in him, and he never let us down."
The Huffington Post had the privilege of posting blogs from Cronkite. Read them here (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/17/walter-cronkites-words-re_n_238743.html).
CBS News issued statements from network president Leslie Moonves, anchor Katie Couric, and "60 Minutes" correspondent Mike Wallace, among others.
Leslie Moonves:
"It is with enormous sadness that we mark the death of Walter Cronkite. His passing is, of course, a major loss for journalism. He was a great broadcaster and a gentleman whose experience, honesty, professionalism and style defined the role of anchor and commentator. For almost two exciting and turbulent decades during the 1960s and 1970s he helped inform our nation, and bring us together. In so doing, he transcended his field to become the most trusted man in America. The legacy he left us all will endure. It was one of the great honors of my career to have had the opportunity to know him."
Katie Couric:
"When I think of Walter Cronkite, I think of his high journalism standards, integrity - but most of all his humanity. I think he was so trusted because he exhibited a sense of purpose and compassion, night after night. He was the personification of excellence."
Mike Wallace:
"We were proud to work with him - for him - we loved him."
For more on Cronkite's broadcast career - from his groundbreaking coverage of the Vietnam War and his emotional moment after the JFK assassination to his love of sailing and his moment at a Grateful Dead concert - read this obituary at WCBSTV.com (http://wcbstv.com/local/Walter.Cronkite.CBS.2.1050695.html)
Last month, there were numerous reports (http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1629972,walter-cronkite-gravely-ill-061809.article) that Cronkite was gravely ill.
At the time, he was reported to be recovering from an undisclosed illness and recuperating at home in New York with his companion Joanna Simon, sister of singer Carly Simon.
link (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/17/walter-cronkite-dead-lege_n_238714.html)
Huffington Post/CBS News
First Posted: 07-17-09 06:41 PM | Updated: 07-17-09 09:04 PM
Walter Cronkite, the legendary TV news anchor once known as the "most trusted man in America," has died at the age of 92.
Cronkite anchored the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981 with his trademark sign-off, "And that's the way it is..."
According to an upcoming CBS special on Cronkite to air on Sunday, July 19, President Obama said about the news legend: "Walter invited us to believe in him, and he never let us down."
The Huffington Post had the privilege of posting blogs from Cronkite. Read them here (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/17/walter-cronkites-words-re_n_238743.html).
CBS News issued statements from network president Leslie Moonves, anchor Katie Couric, and "60 Minutes" correspondent Mike Wallace, among others.
Leslie Moonves:
"It is with enormous sadness that we mark the death of Walter Cronkite. His passing is, of course, a major loss for journalism. He was a great broadcaster and a gentleman whose experience, honesty, professionalism and style defined the role of anchor and commentator. For almost two exciting and turbulent decades during the 1960s and 1970s he helped inform our nation, and bring us together. In so doing, he transcended his field to become the most trusted man in America. The legacy he left us all will endure. It was one of the great honors of my career to have had the opportunity to know him."
Katie Couric:
"When I think of Walter Cronkite, I think of his high journalism standards, integrity - but most of all his humanity. I think he was so trusted because he exhibited a sense of purpose and compassion, night after night. He was the personification of excellence."
Mike Wallace:
"We were proud to work with him - for him - we loved him."
For more on Cronkite's broadcast career - from his groundbreaking coverage of the Vietnam War and his emotional moment after the JFK assassination to his love of sailing and his moment at a Grateful Dead concert - read this obituary at WCBSTV.com (http://wcbstv.com/local/Walter.Cronkite.CBS.2.1050695.html)
Last month, there were numerous reports (http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1629972,walter-cronkite-gravely-ill-061809.article) that Cronkite was gravely ill.
At the time, he was reported to be recovering from an undisclosed illness and recuperating at home in New York with his companion Joanna Simon, sister of singer Carly Simon.
link (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/17/walter-cronkite-dead-lege_n_238714.html)