Walter Cronkite
American broadcast journalist. Anchor of the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. Reporter of the Kennedy assassination, the Apollo missions, the Vietnam War. Polled the most trusted man in America during the years the question made sense.
Walter Cronkite
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American broadcast journalist. Anchor of the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. Reporter of the Kennedy assassination, the Apollo missions, the Vietnam War. Polled the most trusted man in America during the years the question made sense.
- Born
- 1916
- Died
- 2009
- Birthplace
- Saint Joseph, Missouri
- Nationality
- United States
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