Walter Cronkite has died

[Raph's Girl]

The iconic CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite died Friday at the age of 92, his family said.

Cronkite, who anchored the newscast from 1962 to 1981, was the face of television journalism.

He covered the first lunar landing, Vietnam and Watergate. His coverage made him the "most trusted man in America" in a 1972 survey.

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[Jester]

Almost saw the 40th anniversary of the lunar landing too.

RIP Mr. Cronkite.

[Guitar_Raph]

Interesting triv bits about Walter Cronkite.

1). He hosted a 1954 summer panel show called It's News To Me, produced by Goodson-Todman.

2). He broke into As The World Turns to report about the assassination of President Kennedy.

3). Made a guest star appearance on The Mary Tyler Moore Show when he visited WJM and Tes Baxter.

And that's the way he was, July 17, 2009.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Well, there goes one of the last relics of honest American journalism.

[Cipher]

I wish celebrities would stop dying so often. They're really cluttering up this board.

[GK Punk]

He's been sick for so long, I'm not really shocked. May he rest well.

[Katie]

He was also on the ground for th Normandy Invasion. Dude was around for alot of the major news stories of this past century

[BubblyShell22]

It's sad that I wasn't around for some of the stories he did. From what I've seen with clips, he was great at what he did. He'll be missed. My condolences go out to his family and friends.