Legendary CBS newscaster Walter Cronkite, who many referred to as "Uncle Walt," has passed away, CBS News reports. He was 92 years old. CBS vice president Linda Mason says Cronkite passed away on Friday evening, surrounded by family in his New York home. His cause of death was cerebral vascular disease, his former chief of staff Marlene Adler tells the Associated Press. As the CBS anchorman for almost 20 years, Cronkite's dependability and everyman demeanor comforted audiences through such lows as the President Kennedy assassination and cheered them in such highs as America landing on the moon. Cronkite was born in 1916 in St. Joseph, Mo but grew up in Houston, TX. He wrote for his high school newspaper and became the campus correspondent for the Houston Post when he was a student at the University of Texas. He dropped out of college but continued working for the Post until he moved to...
- 7/18/2009
- by TheInsider
- TheInsider.com
The biggest names in TV news, politics and entertainment share their reaction to the death of Walter Cronkite, "the most trusted man in America."
Some of them will be featured in "That's the Way It Was: Remembering Walter Cronkite," a CBS News Special, which will air Sunday at 7 p.m., pre-empting "60 Minutes."
"He brought us all those stories large and small which would come to define the 20th century. That's why we love Walter, because in an era before blogs and e-mail cell phones and cable, he was the news. Walter invited us to believe in him, and he never let us down." --President Barack Obama
"The passing of the years did not diminish as nearly as I could tell, one iota, his interest in, and love for his country and his desire to see the world get better." --President Bill Clinton
"He was the most important voice in our lives for thirty years And that voice made people reach for the stars. I hate the world without Walter Cronkite." --George Clooney
"He was a man of integrity at a time when we needed it. At a time when we still need it. A man, a legacy of someone who believes in the first amendment as being one of the prime directives of democracy, but also of civilization. The idea of speaking out, and speaking directly." --Robin Williams...
Some of them will be featured in "That's the Way It Was: Remembering Walter Cronkite," a CBS News Special, which will air Sunday at 7 p.m., pre-empting "60 Minutes."
"He brought us all those stories large and small which would come to define the 20th century. That's why we love Walter, because in an era before blogs and e-mail cell phones and cable, he was the news. Walter invited us to believe in him, and he never let us down." --President Barack Obama
"The passing of the years did not diminish as nearly as I could tell, one iota, his interest in, and love for his country and his desire to see the world get better." --President Bill Clinton
"He was the most important voice in our lives for thirty years And that voice made people reach for the stars. I hate the world without Walter Cronkite." --George Clooney
"He was a man of integrity at a time when we needed it. At a time when we still need it. A man, a legacy of someone who believes in the first amendment as being one of the prime directives of democracy, but also of civilization. The idea of speaking out, and speaking directly." --Robin Williams...
- 7/17/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Industry remembers Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite, who earned the accolade “the most trusted man in America” for his earnest and stalwart style as the anchorman of the “CBS Evening News” for nearly two decades, died Friday. He was 92.
CBS vice president Linda Mason says Cronkite died at 7:42 p.m. Et after a long illness with his family by his side.
Cronkite, recruited by Edward R. Murrow from the United Press wire service, joined CBS News in 1950. He served as “Evening News” anchor and managing editor of CBS News from April 16, 1962, to March 6, 1981. Beginning in 1937, his career spanned more than six decades in radio, print and TV.
During a period of great national stress -- like the one brought on by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963 -- Cronkite’s demeanor soothed a nation whose sense of reality had been threatened. With his pipe in...
Walter Cronkite, who earned the accolade “the most trusted man in America” for his earnest and stalwart style as the anchorman of the “CBS Evening News” for nearly two decades, died Friday. He was 92.
CBS vice president Linda Mason says Cronkite died at 7:42 p.m. Et after a long illness with his family by his side.
Cronkite, recruited by Edward R. Murrow from the United Press wire service, joined CBS News in 1950. He served as “Evening News” anchor and managing editor of CBS News from April 16, 1962, to March 6, 1981. Beginning in 1937, his career spanned more than six decades in radio, print and TV.
During a period of great national stress -- like the one brought on by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963 -- Cronkite’s demeanor soothed a nation whose sense of reality had been threatened. With his pipe in...
- 7/17/2009
- by By Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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