“Walter Cronkite, once known as the ‘Most Trusted Man in America’ and the reigning symbol of broadcast journalism itself, has died at age 92. His longtime chief of staff, Marlene Adler, told the Associated Press that Cronkite died at his Manhattan home at 7:42 p.m. Friday, surrounded by family. She said the cause of death was cerebral vascular disease. From 1962 to 1981, Cronkite was peerless in TV news — the nation’s top-rated anchorman on the nation’s top-rated network, CBS. For members of recent generations, he may seem a remote figure. But for older Americans and the huge Baby Boom generation, Cronkite occupied a central position in their collective memory, during a tumultuous time in American history that spanned Civil Rights, Vietnam and Watergate.” (07/17/09)