Walter Cronkite

This was a great journalist and I'm saddened. There are none like him on the glitzy hyper media stage, I think. I hope I'm wrong. In homage:


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Colleagues, friends react to Cronkite's death

By The Associated Press (AP) – 10 minutes ago

Reaction to the death of Walter Cronkite:

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"His passing is, of course, a major loss for journalism. He was a great broadcaster and a gentleman whose experience, honesty, professionalism and style defined the role of anchor and commentator. For almost two exciting and turbulent decades during the 1960s and 1970s he helped inform our nation, and bring us together." — CBS Corp. chief executive Leslie Moonves.

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"How many news organizations get the chance to bask in the sunshine of a half-century of Edward R. Murrow followed by a half-century of Walter Cronkite?" — CBS News executive producer Don Hewitt, who created "60 Minutes" and was Cronkite's first executive producer on the CBS Evening News.

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"I've been proud over the years to see Walter become not just one of the best-known people on television but one of the best-known people in the whole world of people. He was proud of me, too and there's no better feeling in life than that. I wouldn't trade Walter Cronkite liking me for just about anything I've ever had." — "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney.

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"He was there through wars and riots, marches and milestones, calmly telling us what we needed to know. And through it all, he never lost the integrity he gained growing up in the heartland. But Walter was always more than just an anchor. He was someone we could trust to guide us through the most important issues of the day." — President Barack Obama.

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"Walter Cronkite was an icon of American journalism who shaped his profession in countless ways during his decades on the air. Tonight, his family is in our thoughts and prayers." — Former President George W. Bush.

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"I'm saddened to learn of the passing of Walter Cronkite, one of the most influential newsmen of our time. I will never forget our memorable visit together to Hanoi on the 10th anniversary of the fall of Saigon." — Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

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"You will never meet anyone who is as warm and as much of a gentleman as Walter Cronkite. He loved music, he loved the Grateful Dead. He collected drums, including one from the drummer of the Grateful Dead. He adopted them and they adopted him; he was totally a fan. There were many sides to Walter." — CBS News and Sports president Sean McManus.

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"It's hard to imagine a man for whom I had more admiration than Cronkite. ... He was a superb reporter and honorable man, a fine friend and I have nothing but admiration for Cronkite." — CBS "60 Minutes" correspondent emeritus Mike Wallace.

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"He was so revered and beloved here. ... He was a personification of integrity and decency and humanity." — CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric.

"He was wise and good and fun. He was America at its best. We loved him dearly and shall miss him deeply." _ Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of former President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson.

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