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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] for 19 years, from 1962 to 1981.
Walter Cronkite (born November 4, 1916, St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.—died July 17, 2009, New York, New York) was an American journalist and pioneer of television news programming who became known as “the most trusted man in America.”
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 18, 2009 · Walter Cronkite, who pioneered and then mastered the role of television news anchorman with such plain-spoken grace that he was called the most trusted man in America, died Friday at his home...
May 29, 2018 · Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr., (born 1916) was an American journalist and radio and television news broadcaster who became pre-eminent among the outstanding group of correspondents and commentators developed by CBS News after World War II.
Jul 18, 2009 · The death of Walter Leland Cronkite Jr at the age of 92 calls to mind a golden age of American television news journalism of which he, as the authoritative longtime anchorman for the CBS Evening...
1916: Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. is born November 4 at Gray’s Maternity Home in St. Joseph, Mo., the son of Helen Lena (Fritsche) and Dr. Walter Leland Cronkite. 1917: The Cronkites moved to Kansas City, Mo.
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May 30, 2023 · Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. Civilian. View all 3 images. Object Number - UPL 79105 - War Correspondent Walter Cronkite of the United Press with a bomber crew of the 323rd Bomb Group and their B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-31951)...