Award-winning CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, who led the network's "Evening News" show from 1962 until 1981, is seen here testifying before a senate sub-committee on freedom of the press. He died July 17, 2009 from cerebrovascular disease at the age of 92.
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He was one of my favorite news anchors ever... God bless his soul...