anchor Walter Cronkite dies at 92

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edited July 2009 in The Clubhouse
long life and well respected
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited July 2009
    RIP Walter. I remember his CBS news broadcasts. He covered many historical events. He will be remembered and missed for a long time.
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited July 2009
    The news and its quality of delivery was always the only priority with him.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited July 2009
    RIP Walter
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2009
    RIP Walter

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,460
    edited July 2009
    I grew up listening to Walter Cronkite deliver the news. To this day no one has filled his shoes.

    RIP Walter, you will be missed.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2009
    +1, he was/is the standard that weighs on everyone in his business! Classic moments in history. I remember the JFK reporting like it was yesterday.

    A long lived life...RIP!

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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited July 2009
    Helluva note. If Walter said it, you believed it.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,380
    edited July 2009
    and that's the way it was....
    The last network anchor worthy of respect, Rest in Peace.


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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited July 2009
    truely a great man has died today. Few broadcasters have ever had the appeal that he did... everyone liked and believed what he was saying.

    CBS TV did his obit today, it was sad yet very touching.. just to think of all the major, major news events in history he was "the" authority on.. good or bad... he was "uncle Walter" to many millions of viewers over his long career.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited July 2009
    RIP Walter



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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited July 2009
    Rip.
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  • blakeh
    blakeh Posts: 491
    edited July 2009
    Inn a world full of reporters, nay entertainers, he was a journalist. RIP.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited July 2009
    An icon in journalism. I remember the coverage of the JFK assassination and the early space launches like they were yesterday. As a kid, I always enjoyed watching the news with Walter.
    Sadly missed. RIP Mr. C.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2009
    You'll be missed Mr. Cronkite,,,RIP
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  • Barefoot
    Barefoot Posts: 149
    edited July 2009
    I’m not old enough to remember Cronkite, but from what I’ve read and the footage I've seen, there is no way he would have stooped to the level of assclownery that's so prevalent in today's news environment. One can only hope that his death will create some sort of self-reflection on the part of the mainstream media, but I doubt it will.
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  • SWFalken
    SWFalken Posts: 136
    edited July 2009
    cnh wrote: »
    +1, he was/is the standard that weighs on everyone in his business! Classic moments in history. I remember the JFK reporting like it was yesterday.

    A long lived life...RIP!

    cnh
    I'm afraid that the standard that Walter set doesn't weigh heavily enough on the newscasters that practice the craft today. No matter what the felt about an issue or situation that he reported on, he never commented on it. He was a thoroughly professional deliverer of the news. He never confused commentary for factual reporting.
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  • POIDOG
    POIDOG Posts: 391
    edited July 2009
    Well, for a little historical insight for the younger set, Walt gave us the nightly updates
    on that long seige known as Viet Nam. LBJ (the president) was noted as saying when Cronkite came out against the war in Nam, "Well, if we lost Cronkite, we lost the war!"

    That was the power of his nightly newscast that millions of Americans watched.
    Have a safe journey home friend.
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