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\"Walter<\/p>\n

An article from the Baltimore Sun<\/span>, via the Associated Press:<\/p>\n

Walter Cronkite, legendary TV newsman, reportedly gravely ill<\/strong>
\nCronkite anchored CBS Evening News for 19 years before stepping aside in 1981<\/em><\/p>\n

CBS isn’t commenting on reports that veteran newsman Walter Cronkite is gravely ill.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The 92-year-old former anchor of “The CBS Evening News,” who has been ailing for some time, has reportedly taken a turn for the worse, according to TVNewser and other online sites.<\/p>\n

CBS News spokesman Kevin Tedesco had no comment on Friday.<\/p>\n

Bob Schieffer said, “All of us are praying for the best, and our thoughts are with Walter’s family.” The host of CBS’ “Face the Nation” and a longtime Cronkite colleague, Schieffer noted that he had no current news on Cronkite’s condition.<\/p>\n

The face of CBS News for more than two decades, Cronkite was named “the most trusted man in America” in a 1972 “trust index” survey, and he ended each broadcast with the reassuring signoff, “And that’s the way it is.”<\/p>\n

He left the “Evening News” anchor desk in 1981, but after that kept a busy schedule both in journalistic and other activities.<\/p>\n

For 24 years, he served as onsite host for New Year’s Day telecasts by the Vienna Philharmonic until ill health forced him to bow out earlier this year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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