Known for his steady and straightforward delivery, his trim moustache, and his iconic sign-off line -"That's the way it is" - Cronkite dominated the television news industry during one of the most ...

Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–1981).

Cronkite served as the CBS Evening News anchorman for 19 years before his final sign off on March 6, 1981. He died on July 17, 2009, in New York, after a long illness, with his family at his side.

Walter Cronkite talks on the phone at his office, prior to his final newscast as CBS anchorman on March 6, 1981, in New York City. Behind him is a framed Mickey Mouse cartoon and his Emmy award.

"And that's the way it is" almost wasn't anything at all. The famous line that ended each of Walter Cronkite's CBS Evening News broadcasts and endeared him to millions was panned by the legendary ...

Cronkite died July 17 at his home in New York after a long illness. He was 92. Known for his steady and straightforward delivery, his trim moustache, and his iconic sign-off line - "That's the way ...

Born on November 4 1916, in St Joseph, Missouri, Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. became a United Press correspondent in 1939.

Cronkite crafted a compromise: He “came up with an alternative sign off, the one he’d use for the next 19 years: ‘And that’s the way it is.’ ...

Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, often called “the most trusted man in America,” died Friday at 92. Beginning with President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, the ic… ...

Mr. Cronkite’s signature sign-off line, “And that’s the way it is,” was one of the most instantly recognized television phrases of the day, right up there with “Here’s Johnny!” ...

Hailed as "the most trusted man in America" during his 18 years as anchor of the "CBS Evening News," Walter Cronkite first gained national recognition for his reporting from the battlefields of ...

He looked like a small-town barber, but as anchor of the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981, Cronkite was essentially the voice of God for many Americans. He died July 17 at the age of 92, but he ...