>The New York Times
Friday, July 17, 2009 — 8:40 PM ET
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Obituary: Walter Cronkite, Longtime Anchor, Is Dead at 92

Walter Cronkite, who pioneered and then mastered the role of television news anchorman with such plain-spoken grace that he was called the most trusted man in America, died Friday at his home in New York. He was 92.

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