In Memory of Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)

Even though this may be a little late, I find it rather sad that Walter Cronkite, said to be the “most trusted man in America” [1] passed away last week at 7:42pm on Friday July 17th, 2009.  I found out about this after my flight from Atlanta had touched down in Phoneix at 8:30pm mountain time (roughly 10:30pm eastern time).  It seemed rather strange to me, that this monolithic figure in the world of journalism and television broadcasting was suddenly gone, and on the day that the Washington Journalism and Media Conference ended (now wouldn’t you agree thats a little strange?).  Mr. Cronkite was 92-years-old upon passing, which I had not known before this day.  Since I am not one to just repeat information that you can find elsewhere on the internet (or one to just copy and paste a story onto my blog without the author’s permission), here is a link to the Telegraph’s obituary (first published: July 18th, 2009): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/5857136/Walter-Cronkite-obituary.html

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