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Saturday, July 18, 2009

11 Facts About Journalist Walter Cronkite

 CBS Reporter Walter Cronkite
  • Full name: Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.
  • Born: November 4, 1916
  • Birth place: Saint Joseph, Missouri
  • Spouse: Betsy Maxwell Cronkite
  • Children: Nancy Cronkite, Kathy Cronkite, Walter Cronkite III
  • University: University of Texas at Austin
  • Trademark signoff: "And that's the way it is"
  • Nicknames: Uncle Walter, "The Most Trusted Man in America"
  • First signed to CBS Television in 1950
  • Started career in journalism in 1937
  • Wife Betsy died on March 15, 2005