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Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

1916 - 2009

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NEW YORK — Retired CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite, 92, "the most trusted man in America," has died at his home in New York. CBS Vice President Linda Mason said Cronkite died at 7:42 p.m. today after a long illness with his family by his side. He was the face of CBS News from 1962 to 1981, when...

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