Walter Cronkite Dies at 92

Iconic television news anchor, Walter Cronkite has died at the age of 92. He died Friday in his New York home of a long term cerebrovascular disease.

Cronkite was known as "the most trusted man in America" and guided the nation in the 1960's and 70's. He was the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News between 1962 and 1981. Cronkite was the most recognizable and respected news anchor of his time. For two generations he helped shaped Americas perceptions of daily history. His signature ending of “And that’s the way it is" made audiences believe he spoke the truth.

Walter Cronkite was born in 1916 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He began his journalism career as an undergraduate, but during World War II, as a reporter for UPI, Cronkite first distinguished himself. At that time he sent classic dispatches from battlefields in North Africa, Normandy, and from the belly of a B-17 bomber over Germany, and parachuted with airborne troops into Holland. Then in 1950 he joined CBS News and set himself apart with coverage of the Korean War and was then elevated to evening news anchor in 1962.

"Walter was truly the father of television news," Morley Safer, a correspondent for CBS' " 60 Minutes," said in a statement. "The trust that viewers placed in him was based on the recognition of his fairness, honesty and strict objectivity."