Walter Cronkite Has Died at Age 92

Sadly, legendary news anchor Walter Cronkite has died today. Cronkite was 92 years old and spent decades in the public eye, as the voice and face of many moments in American History. Cronkite was the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News for nineteen years. He worked at CBS News from 1950 to 1981.

Walter Cronkite was born Nov. 4, 1916, in St. Joseph, Mo.

Cronkite was the son of the Helen Lena Fritsche and dentist Dr. Walter Leland Cronkite. When he was 10, his family relocated to Houston, where he was editor of the San Jacinto High School newspaper. He later attended the University of Texas. In 1937, Cronkite joined the United Press wire service.

Cronkite served as a war correspondent in World War II, where he was stationed in North Africa and Europe. He covered the Allied invasion as well as the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, Cronkite covered the Nuremburg trials before taking his position at CBS. One of the defining moments of Walter Cronkite's career was his coverage of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Cronkite delivered news of Vietnam, as well as that of the first walk on the moon.

Walter Cronkite reached millions of Americans, and will be sadly missed. He was not the face of a generation, but rather the face of many generations. He shared with the world the things that we could not see, or hear, or know, without him to share them with us.