Legendary CBS Newsman Walter Cronkite Passes Away At 92

Legendary CBS newsman Walter Cronkite has died after a long battle with illness at the age of 92.

Cronkite's longtime chief of staff, Marlene Adler, announced that Cronkite died at 7:42 p.m. at his Manhattan home surrounded by family. She said the cause of death was cerebral vascular disease.

In a pre-recorded performance in the 1995 Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, Walter Cronkite was the Book Voice.

Cronkite started his career as a war correspondent, before being signed to CBS by the legendary Edward R. Murrow. Cronkite landed the anchor job at CBS Evening News on April 16, 1962, a job he held until his retirement in 1981. 

During the heyday of CBS News in the 1970s and 1980s, he was often described in viewer opinion polls as "the most trusted man in America" because of his professional experience and kindly demeanor.

Walter Conkrite covered some of the biggest news stories of the 20th century, including the Kennedy Assassination, the Moon landings and the Vietnam War.

 

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