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Article: Walter Cronkite, trusted CBS anchorman, dies at 92.(Main News)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- July 18, 2009
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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 at his home in New York. He was 92. The cause was complications of dementia, said Chip Cronkite, his son. From 1962 to 1981, Cronkite was a nightly presence in American homes and always a reassuring one, guiding viewers through national triumphs and tragedies alike, from moonwalks to war, in an era when network news was central to many people's lives. He became something of a national institution, with an unflappable delivery, a distinctively avuncular voice and a daily benediction: "And ...