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Walter Cronkite
Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Although he reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombing in World War II, the Nuremberg trials, combat in the Vietnam War, the death of President John F. Kennedy, the death of civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King, Jr., Watergate, and the Iran Hostage Crisis, he was known for extensive TV coverage of the U.S. space program, from Project Mercury to the Moon landings to the Space Shuttle. He was the only non-NASA recipient of a Moon-rock award. Cronkite is well known for his departing catchphrase "And that's the way it is," followed by the date on which the appearance is aired.
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One to One: John & Yoko
Sally
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
Apollo 13: Survival
Bad Hostage
The White House Effect
JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World
The Janes
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Killing John F. Kennedy
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
The Real Right Stuff
I Am Richard Pryor
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Apollo: The Forgotten Films
Apollo 11
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Mike Wallace Is Here
Reversing Roe
Studio 54
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
The Reagan Show
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Dateline: Saigon