Walter Cronkite
Born: 4 November 1916
Birthplace: St. Joseph, Missouri
Died: 17 July 2009 (cerebral vascular disease)
Best Known As: CBS TV's news anchor, 1962-81
Name at birth: Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.
Cronkite's 19-year stretch as the evening news anchor, and all the hour-upon-hour breaking news stories he anchored, frames a crucial era in the nation's history.
On March 6, 1981, Cronkite retired from the anchor desk, he was 64.
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