Walter Cronkite
Like for so many millions of others, Cronkite was the anchor of my youth. As the news stations show some of his more famous clips or interviews, I remember how we watched them live at the time – his coverage about Vietnam, the landing on the moon, the civil rights struggle in the south, Chicago 1968, his interview with Sadat… and so much more. And yes, as the retrospectives report, it was true that dinner time was often worked around his news show, even if it meant eating Swanson frozen TV dinners in front of the TV so that we could hear what he had to tell us.
But Cronkite was more than just a reliable reporter and journalist for many of us. After JFK’s assassination with his now-famous moment of choking up as he made the announcement, he stayed on the air so that we would all know what was going on and as odd as this may sound, there was some comfort in that.
There are many wonderful photos and archived news reports available to us. I picked the black and white photo, though, not just because I will always remember his broadcast about JFK, but for the simple reason that we never saw Cronkite in color during his broadcasts. on our old black and white TV.
Walter Cronkite
1916-2009
Thank you and R.I.P.
