Walter Cronkite, the most famous newsreader of our time, has died in New York at the age of 92.
Cronkite has been suffering from cerebrovascular disease, a brain disease that effects the blood vessels supplying the brain.Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr was anchorman on the CBS Evening News in America from 1962-1981. He was cited as “the most trusted man in America.”
Cronkite started in broadcasting as a sports reporter in 1935. In 1937, he joined the United Press and became a World War II correspondent covering battles in North Africa and Europe.
During his career, he covered the Battle of the Bulge, the Nuremberg trials and the death of JFK.
In 1950, at the age of 34, Cronkite joined CBS News and his television career began.
On April 16, 1962, Cronkite replaced Douglas Edwards as anchorman of CBS News. It was here that he coined his famous phrase “... And that’s the way it was”.
Cronkite was married to Betsy Maxwell Cronkite for 65-years until her death in 2005.
America heard about the assassination of John F. Kennedy from the voice of Walter Cronkite who interrupted the program ‘As The World Turns’ to break the news. Today, CNS News interrupted their prime-time program to announce the death of Walter Cronkite.
