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Friday, July 17, 2009

Cronkite Dies at 92

NYT: Walter Cronkite, who pioneered and then mastered the role of television news anchorman with such plain-spoken grace that he was called the most trusted man in America, died Friday, his family said. He was 92.

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Posted by Peter Daou on 07/17 at 07:49 PM

Friday, June 19, 2009

Morbid: CBS Reportedly Polishing Ailing Cronkite’s Obit

Chicago Sun-Times: “Legendary CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite, 92, long known as the “Most Trusted Man in America,” is gravely ill, according to multiple CBS News sources and published reports. According to Mediabistro’s blog, TVNewser, the network began updating his obituary more than a week ago; a CBS News executive had no comment to TVNewser on the reports of Cronkite’s failing health.” Whoever leaked that tidbit about the obituary to TV Newser could have refrained, no?

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Posted by Peter Daou on 06/19 at 08:25 AM

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