[image error]Woke up to sad news: Walter Cronkite passed away last night. He was 92. In 1969, he reported the first moonwalk; broke the news of John F. Kennedy's assassination; traveled to Vietnam and influenced the president; thrust Watergate into the limelight and covered every presidential election until 1980. There's an excellent video and article on nytimes.com detailing his life and career. (Interestingly, in his last years he was dating Carly Simon's sister.) A friend of mine who works at the Times ha
Published on July 18, 2009 05:40