Walter Cronkite, Legendary CBS anchor dies at 92 of Cerebrovascular diseaseLegendary CBS anchor Walter Cronkite dies at 92
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NEW YORK — Walter Cronkite, the premier TV anchorman of the networks’ golden age who reported a tumultuous time with reassuring authority and came to be called “the most trusted man in America,” died Friday. He was 92.
