Walter Cronkite, the CBS anchorman known as “Uncle Walter” for his easygoing, measured delivery and “the most trusted man in America” for his rectitude and gravitas, died Friday night in his New York home, CBS reported Cronkite was 92. “Walter was always more than just an anchor. He was someone we could trust to guide us through the most important issues of the day; a voice of certainty in an uncertain world,” President Obama said in a statement Friday. “He was family.

Walter Cronkite, American icon and broadcast journalist died in his home in New York City on July 17, 2009 of complications with cerebrovascular disease, a dysfunction where the blood vessels restrict bloodflow to the brain.  He was 92 years old.  Walter Cronkite led a rich, full life.  He entered our living rooms for over 40 [...]

Walter Cronkite, the legendary TV news anchor once known as the “most trusted man in America,” has died at the age of 92.  Cronkite anchoredthe CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981 with his trademark sign-off, “And that’s the way it is…” I have been missing Walter Cronkite, as a part of my daily life, for quite a long time now.   And now, I shall miss him even more.   As a fatherless child, growing up in the hurly-burly of the last half of the 20th century, I needed a few reliable, clear-thinking, righteous men in my life.  “Uncle Walter,” as he came to be known, was at the top of my list.