Tuesday, July 27, 2010

CRONKITE REMEMBERED AS 'HONORABLE' AND 'AN ICON' (AP)



Walter Cronkite speaks at Arizona State University Nov. 1, 2005. Cronkite, the premier TV anchorman of the networks' golden age who reported a tumultuous time with reassuring authority and came to be called 'the most trusted man in America,' died Friday July 17, 2009. He was 92. (AP Photo/Arizona State University by Scott Troyanos.)AP - The death of Walter Cronkite elicited tributes from colleagues, presidents past and present, world-famous astronauts and those who hoped in vain to fill his empty anchor chair, all honoring the avuncular face of TV journalism who became the "most trusted man in America."




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