Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

November 3, 1916 (108 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

Walter Cronkite

Biography

Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Although he reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombing in World War II, the Nuremberg trials, combat in the Vietnam War, the death of President John F. Kennedy, the death of civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King, Jr., Watergate, and the Iran Hostage Crisis, he was known for extensive TV coverage of the U.S. space program, from Project Mercury to the Moon landings to the Space Shuttle. He was the only non-NASA recipient of a Moon-rock award. Cronkite is well known for his departing catchphrase "And that's the way it is," followed by the date on which the appearance is aired. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Cronkite, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat

Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire

A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee

Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World

Silent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite

Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation

Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11

America's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

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