92 years old... the consummate news anchor. They sure don't make them like that anymore. Among his achievements: For almost 20 years, Cronkite was the face of CBS Evening News, guiding the Apollo 11 landing on the moon, the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Vietnam War. Video footage here.
Friday, July 17, 2009
R.I.P. Walter Cronkite
92 years old... the consummate news anchor. They sure don't make them like that anymore. Among his achievements: For almost 20 years, Cronkite was the face of CBS Evening News, guiding the Apollo 11 landing on the moon, the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Vietnam War. Video footage here.
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