TV news legend Walter Cronkite has died at the age of 92.   Dubbed The Most Trusted Newsman in America, Walter Cronkite delivered news for decades that he concluded with his trademark:  ‘and that’s the way it is’   He said these same words on March 6, 1981 when he signed off on his last night as anchor.

Born in Missouri and raised in Texas he was a journalist since 1937 and started with CBS television in 1950.  Throughout his career he met with several Presidents:  Ford, Carter, Clinton, Reagan, Kennedy, Hoover, FDR, Eisenhower, and Truman and has said of the ones he met:

They were all giant egos, anxious about their place in history

Trying to compose himself when delivering the news that President Kennedy had been assassinated, he took his glasses off to wipe away a tear and later said:

“At that moment I teared up, I just had a little trouble getting the words out.”

On March 15, 2005 he lost his wife of 64 years, Betsy, three weeks before their 65th anniversary.  Together they had three children: daughters Nancy and Kathy, son Walter III, and four grandsons.

Our thoughts and deepest condolences go out to his family.

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