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Walter Cronkite
(1916-2009)
Who Was Walter Cronkite?
Walter Cronkite helped launch the CBS Evening News in 1962 and served as its news anchor until his retirement in 1981. The hallmarks of his style were honesty, impartiality and level-headedness, and “And that's the way it is” was his jaunty nightly sign-off. Identified in public opinion polls as the man Americans most trusted, he provided a voice of reason during the Vietnam and Watergate eras.
Early Life and Career
Walter Cronkite was born on November 4, 1916, in St. Joseph, Missouri. Raised in Houston, Texas, he decided to become a journalist after reading a magazine article about a foreign correspondent. He left the University of Texas to work for the Houston Post in 1935, later working for Midwestern radio stations.
During World War II, Cronkite covered the European front for United Press and served as chief United Press correspondent at the Nuremberg trials. Joining CBS News in 1950, he worked on a variety of prog
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Walter Cronkite
American broadcast journalist (1916–2009)
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| Born | Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (1916-11-04)November 4, 1916 St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | July 17, 2009(2009-07-17) (aged 92) New York City, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Education | University of Texas at Austin |
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| Years active | 1935–2009 |
| Spouse | Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Maxwell (m. ; died ) |
| Children | 3, including Kathy |
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News[1] from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America"
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Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite did not believe in covering the world’s news by sitting in the CBS Television Network anchor chair and having it fed to him through the filter of teletype machines and the news writers in the back room. Instead he traveled to the world’s most important stories whenever possible, often appearing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
He was particularly interested in the Apollo program. Although he had earned the nickname “iron pants” for his unflappability under pressure, he is fondly remembered by many space workers for shouting “Go, Baby, Go” as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin lifted off on their historic journey to the moon.
It was also during the first lunar landing mission that he spent 27 out of 30 hours on the air during the most critical periods of the lunar landing, excursion on the surface and lift-off and docking with the Command Module.
Perhaps the most famous story about his adventures at Kennedy invo