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Old Sailor 07:00 PM 07-17-2009
Legendary CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite dead
The Windsor StarJuly 17, 2009 8:-)6 PM
NEW YORK -- Former CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite, whose authoritative delivery of the news during turbulent times made him "the most trusted man in America," died on Friday, CBS said. He was 92.

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He knew how to tell the news.
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G G 07:10 PM 07-17-2009
And that's the way it was. RIP.
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M1903A1 07:28 PM 07-17-2009
I am old enough to *just* remember the Cronkite era (maybe three-four years' worth).

It was only in later years that I learned about how he "spun" Vietnam...but I'll put that aside for now.
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nozero 07:44 PM 07-17-2009
RIP Mr. Cronkite! I've watched and enjoyed you as long as I can recall...
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M1903A1 07:48 PM 07-17-2009
I will say that his on-air delivery was unparallelled.
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Skywalker 07:54 PM 07-17-2009
RIP Walter!
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Cigary 08:08 PM 07-17-2009
Truly One of a Kind newsman,,,he will be missed.
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SmokeyJoe 08:10 PM 07-17-2009
Anchored CBS News from 1962 until 1981 - a true Americon icon. RIP, Mr. Cronkite.
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Gunslinger 08:14 PM 07-17-2009
Originally Posted by M1903A1:
I am old enough to *just* remember the Cronkite era (maybe three-four years' worth).

It was only in later years that I learned about how he "spun" Vietnam...but I'll put that aside for now.
I agree. The orginal spin-meister. I'll let him rest in peace though and let history judge his approach. Well said.
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kelmac07 08:51 PM 07-17-2009
RIP Walter!!
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tzaddi 09:11 PM 07-17-2009
Myself being born in 1953 I have a great respect & sense of gratitude for his body of work. He was man of great integrity.

I know he will rest in peace with the other news casters from my youth Chet Huntley & David Brinkley.
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mrreindeer 09:14 PM 07-17-2009
May he rest in peace.
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MedicCook 10:06 PM 07-17-2009
We have lost a Legend today. RIP.
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shilala 10:15 PM 07-17-2009
I missed him the day he stepped down, and I was a kid.
It's never been the same since. The very last place I'd ever look for the truth about anything nowadays is on the news.
He was a good man.
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14holestogie 10:26 PM 07-17-2009
Originally Posted by shilala:
I missed him the day he stepped down, and I was a kid.
It's never been the same since. The very last place I'd ever look for the truth about anything nowadays is on the news.
He was a good man.

I don't remember watching another entire 1/2 hour of news after he stepped down. RIP.
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