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Old Sailor
07-17-2009, 07:00 PM
Legendary CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite dead
The Windsor StarJuly 17, 2009 8:26 PM
NEW YORK -- Former CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite, whose authoritative delivery of the news during turbulent times made him "the most trusted man in America," died on Friday, CBS said. He was 92.

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He knew how to tell the news.

G G
07-17-2009, 07:10 PM
And that's the way it was. RIP.

M1903A1
07-17-2009, 07:28 PM
I am old enough to *just* remember the Cronkite era (maybe three-four years' worth).

It was only in later years that I learned about how he "spun" Vietnam...but I'll put that aside for now.

nozero
07-17-2009, 07:44 PM
RIP Mr. Cronkite! I've watched and enjoyed you as long as I can recall...

M1903A1
07-17-2009, 07:48 PM
I will say that his on-air delivery was unparallelled.

Skywalker
07-17-2009, 07:54 PM
RIP Walter!

Cigary
07-17-2009, 08:08 PM
Truly One of a Kind newsman,,,he will be missed.

SmokeyJoe
07-17-2009, 08:10 PM
Anchored CBS News from 1962 until 1981 - a true Americon icon. RIP, Mr. Cronkite.

Gunslinger
07-17-2009, 08:14 PM
I am old enough to *just* remember the Cronkite era (maybe three-four years' worth).

It was only in later years that I learned about how he "spun" Vietnam...but I'll put that aside for now.

I agree. The orginal spin-meister. I'll let him rest in peace though and let history judge his approach. Well said.

kelmac07
07-17-2009, 08:51 PM
RIP Walter!!

tzaddi
07-17-2009, 09:11 PM
Myself being born in 1953 I have a great respect & sense of gratitude for his body of work. He was man of great integrity.

I know he will rest in peace with the other news casters from my youth Chet Huntley & David Brinkley.

mrreindeer
07-17-2009, 09:14 PM
May he rest in peace.

MedicCook
07-17-2009, 10:06 PM
We have lost a Legend today. RIP.

shilala
07-17-2009, 10:15 PM
I missed him the day he stepped down, and I was a kid.
It's never been the same since. The very last place I'd ever look for the truth about anything nowadays is on the news.
He was a good man.

14holestogie
07-17-2009, 10:26 PM
I missed him the day he stepped down, and I was a kid.
It's never been the same since. The very last place I'd ever look for the truth about anything nowadays is on the news.
He was a good man.


I don't remember watching another entire 1/2 hour of news after he stepped down. RIP.