The icon of a Newsman, Walter Cronkite died today at age 92.
Wow---we all grew up with Walter Cronkite delivering our daily news for years with that tonal quality that he had. I remember when he announced to the world that President Kennedy was dead. This was during the days when we only had three networks, channel 4, 5 and 7.
I also remember someone asked Cronkite once after he did so many interviews with well known people, who did he enjoy meeting the most for the first time and he said "my wife". He was married for nearly 60 years. He had my heart with that answer!
Sad for our country, we will never see the like of him again. Cronkite leaves an enormous legacy. He was a man in a powerful position in the anchorman chair!
Cronkite, known for his gravelly voice and tell-it-like-it-is reporting, anchored CBS nightly newscast for 19 years, signing off each broadcast with his now-famous catchphrase, "And that's the way it is" He was the voice America turned to for reports on some of the nation's most memorable moments, including the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal.
“And that’s the way it was". God Bless and keep you Mr. Cronkite.
Rose
In addition to my entry, Rich sent this photo this morning of Walter Cronkite which I decided to include in the same post:
Rose, not well known but in the early 1950s, Walter Cronkite lent his support to the work of the Radios. Cronkite narrated Towers of Truth, a film about RFE's work commissioned by the National Committee for a Free Europe and shown in conjunction with Crusade for Freedom fund raising efforts. By the way, from someone who knows: the microphone was a fake, probably made out of wood. Rich
Another "postcard." This is the famous Mosel Valley Bridge along the Autobahn 61. Stands about 400 ft. high. I likethe shadow of the bridge over the valley and river. Take care. Rich 
