CBS Vice President Linda Mason said Cronkite died at 7:42 p.m. with his family by his side at his home in New York after a long illness. He had been suffering from cerebrovascular disease, his family said recently.
Cronkite's career reflected the arc of journalism in the mid-20th century. He was a wire service reporter covering major campaigns of World War II before working in radio and then joining a pioneering TV news venture at the CBS affiliate in Washington. Later in New York, he anchored the network's nightly news program from 1962 to 1981, a period in which television established itself as the principal source of information on current events for most Americans. -- from the Washington Post
8 comments:
Thats the way it is. This is Walter Cronkite. July 18 2009.
Sad ... I could never miss him then.
Teoh Beng Hock died too. Malaysia, where is your conscious?
Wow! An American died merit a post. A Malaysian (Teoh Beng Hock) died in such a suspicious manner and silent from you?
nuraini samad, a long time umno sycophant, is walter kronkite is more important than posting one of your own malaysian (but not umno malay) citizens entering macc building alive and left a corpse!!
Walter Cronkite .. he's the SMSs, emails before we have ICTs
It's the death season, begining with MJ.
May their soul rest in peace and let the living continue fighting.
A GOOD MAN DOES NOTHING.
anon@9:31PM,
and you think you're the only one with conscience?
Tan Beng Hock was a journalist, as I was and still am.
You think i don't feel for his death just becos I don't blog about it.
kfchan,
yes... Walter Cronkite's death merits a posting. He was an icon.
People like you who make judgment in the way you do of me, because i did not post about Teoh, are as bad as people who politicise and make political capital of his death.
you think you are more human and compassionate than i am?
Take your stupid cynicism elsewhere, mr coffeeblogger.
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