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Best remembered for his CBS News coverage of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, legendary anchor Walter Cronkite died today @ the age of 92. Cronkite concluded his news cast, saying simply, that's "the way it is!"
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Cronkite walked with the American public through some of the most emotional & exhilarating events facing America during the tumultuous 1960's. From the excitement of a manned lunar landing to to sadness of a martyred US President Kennedy, the last CBS anchor found the words to express our joy & sorrows like none other in an era before iPods, PCs & the texting.
Cronkite was the archetype for "anchorman."
He's the unofficial narrator of my Chicago:1968 comic because he had this kind of 3rd person omniscient perspective on the entire decade.
In Feb. of 1968, Cronkite called Vietnam a stalemate - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdOb_183d1o
In March, he reported on the tragic death of Martin Luther King Jr.
The anchorman recently reflected on the '68 Democratic National Convention in this wonderful NPR piece - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3613499
In the closing hours of the Convention, Cronkite went head to head with Mayor Richard J. Daley in this unforgettable interview - http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=60770@wbbm.dayport.com
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