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| US TV news legend Cronkite dies | US TV news legend Cronkite dies |
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| The former US TV newscaster Walter Cronkite, known to millions as "the most trusted man in America", has died at the age of 92. | The former US TV newscaster Walter Cronkite, known to millions as "the most trusted man in America", has died at the age of 92. |
| An executive for the CBS news channel said Mr Cronkite died at his New York home with his family at his side. | An executive for the CBS news channel said Mr Cronkite died at his New York home with his family at his side. |
| He was reported to have been ill for some time. | He was reported to have been ill for some time. |
| Mr Cronkite presented the evening news programme for CBS from 1962 to 1981, helping the programme to become the most watched bulletin in the US. | Mr Cronkite presented the evening news programme for CBS from 1962 to 1981, helping the programme to become the most watched bulletin in the US. |
| His career covered such major global events as the assassination of former US President John F Kennedy, the moon landing, Watergate, former President Richard Nixon's resignation and the fall of Saigon. | His career covered such major global events as the assassination of former US President John F Kennedy, the moon landing, Watergate, former President Richard Nixon's resignation and the fall of Saigon. |
| In 1972, he was deemed by a poll of the US public to be, "the most trusted man in America", beating presidents, members of congress and other journalists. | |
| He ended his broadcasts with his signature sign-off: "That's the way it is." | |
| Mr Cronkite's opinion was so trusted by the US public that when he criticised the war in Vietnam, President Lyndon B Johnson is reported to have said: "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost middle America." | |
| Linda Mason, the vice-president of CBS, said Mr Cronkite had died at 1942 local time (2342 GMT) on Friday after a long illness. |