Sad News: Legendary Broadcaster Walter Cronkite Ill
Our sister blog TVNewser has some sad news about 92-year-old former broadcaster Walter Cronkite. According to an unnamed source at Cronkite’s longtime network CBS, Cronkite is “gravely ill” and “the network began updating his obituary more than a week ago.”
Cronkite anchored “CBS Evening News” for 19 years. In 1981 he was forced to retire and Dan Rather was named his successor. Yet Cronkite remained a special correspondent and kept an office at the network.
Cronkite is perhaps most well-known for his sign-off — “And that’s the way it is…”
Update: Boston.com
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