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Walter Cronkite Dead: Legendary Newsman Dies At 92

Jul. 17, 2009
Scroll down for videos of Cronkite at his best Walter Cronkite, the legendary TV news anchor once known as the "most trusted man in America," has died at the age of 92. Cronkite anchored the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981 with his trademark sign-off, "And that's the way it...
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