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Veteran newsman Walter Cronkite began his career as a news writer
and editor for Scripps-Howard and United Press. He was a war
correspondent for United Press, and, after the war, was bureau manager
in Moscow. He became a CBS television correspondent in 1950.
Mr. Cronkite anchored and was managing editor of the CBS
Evening News until his retirement in 1981. To many viewers,
he was known as "the most trusted man in America." After
retiring, Mr. Cronkite coproduced Why in the World (1981)
for PBS, hosted CBS's Universe (1982), and hosted Dinosaur (1991) for
Arts and Entertainment Cable television. His 1996 autobiography, A
Reporter's Life, was a bestseller.
Photo by: CBS Inc.
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