Rest In Peace Walter Cronkite

[boomersooner]

Just saw on the news that Walter Cronkite passed away. He is a figure from my childhood.....Such a comforting voice on the nightly news.

[RICHARD]

Yep,

Rest In Peace, Kind Sir!

[blue]

RIP Mr Cronkite.

[Grace]

92 years of a life well lived. We should all be so fortunate.

[Grace]

Anyone else remember his TV show You Are There?

The way it always ended -

"What sort of day was it? A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times... and you were there."

[RICHARD]

Anyone else remember his TV show You Are There?

The way it always ended -

"What sort of day was it? A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times... and you were there."

Of course, We all were there!

[Cinder & Smoke]

"What sort of day was it?
A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times ...
and you were there."

Rest Easy, Walter.

He made you feel glad you listened or watched the News,
even when it was noting but BAD News.

We should have had him "cloned".

[RICHARD]

I just saw a little tribute to WC on the news. One of the pics was of WC holding a model of the Apollo CSM - During the height of the space program WALTER was the word. There was no computer animation or doppler of any of that fancy crap. Walter picked up a model of a spaceship he had on his desk, and explained what was going on.

I remember him being the voice of NEWS-No BS, no google, twitter or internet. You had to tune in and listen to the "most trusted man in America".

His word was good enough. If WC called it you had to listen-It was just like your parents talking to you.

The picture made me laugh because as a kid I always hated him because he got to play with all the cool space toys!

Thanks for being there, Walter.

[Grace]

I always loved the pictures of him on his boat - probably because I grew up in Rhode Island with the ocean so close.

[Medusa]

RIP, Mr. Cronkite. You were the genuine article.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

He was the last news reporter I really liked!!! RIP Sir!!!

[Edwina's Secretary]

I remember his tears at the death of Kennedy and when he expressed - so eloquently his opinion on the Vietnam Conflict. President Johnson famously said...if he has lost Walter Cronkite he had lost America!

[finn's mom]

Wow, I hadn't heard that. What a great man.