RIP Walter Cronkite

[Illoman]

I can remember watching him as a kid, from the moon landing through Watergate. It just seemed like he was always there.

Mike

[BlackLagoon]

Truly an American Icon.

[typhooforme]

Mr. Cronkite was called "the most trusted man in America"--worked for CBS news for many years.  I remember him through the 1960s-70s--and particularly when he announced in '63 that President Kennedy (and John Connoly, as well) had been shot and killed in Dallas.  Cronkite's voice was wonderful, and his face--well, he looked like a man you WOULD trust, yes.  In later years I always thought of him as looking like the ideal grandfather.  He was a huge part of news history--for that matter, for me, a huge part of my youth.  I can hear in my mind's ear his sign-off line:  "And that's the way it is...."

[Paul L]

Does anyone remember "Walter Cronkite, And You Are There"? These episodes were important teaching aides when I was in school.
He was a true journalist, & like typhooforme said, you trusted him! So sad, so many of our icons are leaving us!

[Wicked Lester]

Does anyone remember "Walter Cronkite, And You Are There"? These episodes were important teaching aides when I was in school.
He was a true journalist, & like typhooforme said, you trusted him! So sad, so many of our icons are leaving us!

[Wicked Lester]

Does anyone remember "Walter Cronkite, And You Are There"? These episodes were important teaching aides when I was in school.
He was a true journalist, & like typhooforme said, you trusted him! So sad, so many of our icons are leaving us!

To me being almost 50 Y.O This guy is a one of a kind icon. When I was younger I trusted him more than the president. Yet you have to wonder how much of the TRUTH did he know and withhold.
Still,another class act gone for us boomers.

[Mike Scott]

--and particularly when he announced in '63 that President Kennedy (and John Connoly, as well) had been shot and killed in Dallas.

Connoly survived his wounds, of course.

[ChattyLMS]

God Bless you, Walter Cronkite.  You were a great part of all our lives.  I will always associate Mr Cronkite with the Space Program.  He was there with the astronauts and he was there with us.  Have a safe journey, Mr Cronkite, God has a very special place for you in heaven. 

[Cinemacabre]

Illoman wrote: I can remember watching him as a kid, from the moon landing...

Nearly 40 years ago today.

RIP Uncle Walter

[CreepysFan]

 Like so many others, I associate him with Nixon, Watergate, and the space race.  Now he's racing among the stars in space he reported on.  Another childhood icon entering the eternal void beyond.  R.I.P. Mr.Cronkite.

[Fester]

Actually, he came within three days of the 40th anniversary of the moon landing.

He was one of a kind and I'm sure we'll never see the likes of him again. 
No one has anywhere near the integrity that Walter Cronkite had.

[Gasport]

Always a reassuring voice and presence no matter how awful the news item he reported on was. There was plenty of good news too, like the moon landing, interviewing Eisenhower, etc. For many of us he WAS the news... RIP Walter, we'll never see the likes of you again.