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Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite dies

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:54 pm
by Romulus111VADT
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30988078/ns/entertainment-television/

Newsman passed away after a long illness with his family by his side

[quote]A CBS executive says retired CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite, "the most trusted man in America," has died at his home in New York. He was 92.

CBS vice president Linda Mason says Cronkite died at 7:42 p.m. after a long illness with his family by his side.

He was the face of CBS News from 1962 to 1981, when stories ranged from the Kennedy assassination to Watergate and the Iranian hostage crisis.

Former President George H. W. Bush hailed the former newsman as

Re: Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite dies

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:29 pm
by aussiewannabe
:'(

Re: Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite dies

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:11 pm
by ShaneG_old
A true legend is gone.

RIP sir.

Re: Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite dies

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:19 pm
by Terri
He will be missed.  :'( :'(

Re: Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite dies

PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:59 am
by ozzy72
Arguably the most famous journalist ever, RIP Walter :'(