Legendary news anchor Walter Cronkite dies
21 July 09

Walter Cronkite, who personified television journalism for more than a generation as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News, has died.

Known for his steady and straightforward delivery, his trim moustache, and his iconic sign-off line -"That's the way it is" - Cronkite dominated the television news industry during one of the most volatile periods of American history. He broke the news of the Kennedy assassination, reported extensively on Vietnam and civil rights and Watergate, and seemed to be the very embodiment of TV journalism.

At one time, his audience was so large, and his image so credible, that a 1972 poll determined he was "the most trusted man in America" - surpassing even the president, vice-president, members of Congress and all other journalists. In a time of turmoil and mistrust, after Vietnam and Watergate, the title was a rare feat - and the label stuck.

Check out the this clip of Cronkite announcing the death of JFK on November 22, 1963.