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Cronkite was born on November 4, 1916, in Saint Joseph, Missouri, [8] the son of Helen Lena (née Fritsche) and Dr. Walter Leland Cronkite, a dentist. [9] [10] [11]Cronkite lived in Kansas City, Missouri, until he was 10, when his family moved to Houston, Texas. [10]
Walter Cronkite, the newsman who Americans turned to in good times and bad when he anchored the "CBS Evening News" for 19 years, reportedly is near death. According to TVNewser, CBS (CBS) began ...
From 2000 to 2005, Cronkite presented a series of essays for National Public Radio, reflecting on various key events of his life, including his involvement in You Are There in the 1950s. Notable guest stars included: [citation needed] John Cassavetes as Plato in "The Death of Socrates" James Dean as Robert Ford in "The Capture of Jesse James"
Walter Cronkite didn't get a burial at sea, but it wasn't far off. Time and again over the course of his funeral service, held this afternoon at St. Bartholomew's Church in midtown Manhattan ...
A large, black "CBS News Bulletin" slide appeared on-screen while Walter Cronkite, reporting from the CBS Radio flash booth, filed an audio-only report. Cronkite could not immediately appear on the air because there were no active and ready cameras in the CBS newsroom.
In 1950, when Edward R. Murrow convinced Walter Cronkite to join CBS News, the television news industry was still in its infancy. Nineteen years later, Cronkite left the network's anchor desk as ...
A new opening title sequence was designed, with Walter Cronkite providing the voiceover, replacing Wendell Craig unless a temporary voice-over was needed. Following Cronkite's death months earlier, actor Morgan Freeman recorded a new voice-over for the title sequence, which debuted on January 4, 2010.
Walter Cronkite's Grandson, 22, Commits Suicide at Colby College By ISABELLE CHAPMAN Peter Cronkite was found dead at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, just weeks before he was set to graduate.