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Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Although he reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombing in World War II, the Nuremberg trials, combat in the Vietnam War, the death of President John F. Kennedy, the death of civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King, Jr., Watergate, and the Iran Hostage Crisis, he was known for extensive TV coverage of the U.S. space program, from Project Mercury to the Moon landings to the Space Shuttle. He was the only non-NASA recipient of a Moon-rock award. Cronkite is well known for his departing catchphrase "And that's the way it is," followed by the date on which the appearance is aired. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Cronkite, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​
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Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Although he reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombing in World War II, the Nuremberg trials, combat in the Vietnam War, the death of President John F. Kennedy, the death of civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King, Jr., Watergate, and the Iran Hostage Crisis, he was known for extensive TV coverage of the U.S. space program, from Project Mercury to the Moon landings to the Space Shuttle. He was the only non-NASA recipient of a Moon-rock award. Cronkite is well known for his departing catchphrase "And that's the way it is," followed by the date on which the appearance is aired. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Cronkite, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​
Known For
The Ed Sullivan Show
Tony Awards
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Golden Globe Awards
Climax!
The Steve Allen Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Murphy Brown
Challenger: The Final Flight
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
The Twentieth Century
All the President's Men
Thirteen Days
Elvis
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Milk
Reversing Roe
Fly Me to the Moon
A Complete Unknown
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Douglas Edwards with the News
The Movie Orgy
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
CBS Evening News
The Janes
Two for the Money
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Apollo 13: Survival
Apollo 11
Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
You Are There
Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite
Production Credits
Apollo 13
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