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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 for 19 years, from 1962 to 1981.
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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.”
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Apr 2, 2014 · 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.
Jul 26, 2006 · Building on the legacy of Edward R. Murrow, he brought CBS to the pinnacle of prestige and popularity in television news. And when he left CBS, both began to ebb away. Walter Cronkite’s life...
Aug 7, 2019 · Walter Cronkite was a journalist who defined the role of network anchorman during the decades when television news rose from being the neglected stepchild of radio to a dominant form of journalism. Cronkite became a legendary figure and was often called "the most trusted man in America."
Aug 27, 2012 · The man embraced by postwar audiences as “Uncle Walter” is the subject of historian Douglas Brinkley’s new biography, Cronkite. It is a richly detailed chronicle of a media figure who both...
Nov 4, 2011 · Cronkite, born November 4, 1916, got his start in journalism working as a radio announcer for a series of stations in Missouri. But when he joined the United Press and left the country to...
