Walter Cronkite will not be down for breakfast

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Re: Walter Cronkite will not be down for breakfast

Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:38 pm

I grew up watching him, Chet Huntley and David Brinkley (different show of course)

I remember him reporting the Kennedy assassination, and of course the moon landing.

he will be missed.


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Re: Walter Cronkite will not be down for breakfast

Post by darph nader » Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:54 pm

SandrA9810 wrote:The breakfast table sure does seem to get smaller and smaller.

I grew up with my g'parents as well, so most the news I watched as a kid was with the older generation of new casters (like world news tonight). I still only prefer to watch these news cast over cable news or local news. If it's not in the national news, must not be that important.
I think the tv will never be on if "this" generation of news casters turn the few remaining good stations into what they do now.
Just a bunch of 'talking heads'. We quit watching one local station b/c it was the same 'feel good/bad' story. Nothing wrong with that,but they would drag it out for 4-5 days. Apparently there was nothing else going on in town the rest of the week. (gee,where have I heard that before?)


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Re: Walter Cronkite will not be down for breakfast

Post by Whazzup » Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:17 am

turkeyham wrote:Does anyone know what he died from? Poor family. Let Walter rest in peace. :(
I'm guessing old age.

Sorry, couldn't resist. :rolleyes: Never did hear what finally did him in. I sure wish there were more newscasters as professional and trustworthy as he was.


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Re: Walter Cronkite will not be down for breakfast

Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:05 pm

One of the news reports said that he was ill for a long time, and was surrounded by family.

I guess they thought that it wasn't all that important what he was sick or suffering from, which I agree.

I am sure some more "zealous" reporters will get the details soon.


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Re: Walter Cronkite will not be down for breakfast

Post by Ms. Matterhorn » Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:11 pm

He died of cerebral vascular disease, which is described in this article as hardening of the arteries in the brain.
http://www.examiner.com/x-9259-Celebrit ... ar-disease


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Re: Walter Cronkite will not be down for breakfast

Post by Zazu » Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:08 pm

And with him goes the need to use the word "gravitas" in any discussion of the news.

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Re: Walter Cronkite will not be down for breakfast

Post by felinefan » Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:13 pm

Actually, he was 92--his birthday was Nov. 4, 1916. He's been cremated and will be interred in his native Missouri.


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