Age, Biography and Wiki
Walter Cronkite was an American broadcast journalist who was often referred to as "the most trusted man in America" during his career. He was the anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years, from 1962 to 1981. He was also the host of the popular news magazine show, "60 Minutes." Cronkite was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, on November 4, 1916. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied journalism. After college, he worked as a reporter for United Press International and then joined CBS News in 1950.
Cronkite was known for his straightforward and unbiased reporting style. He covered some of the most important news stories of the 20th century, including the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, and the Watergate scandal. He was also a passionate advocate for space exploration and was the first to report on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
Cronkite won numerous awards throughout his career, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981. He died on July 17, 2009, at the age of 92.
Popular As |
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (Uncle Walter, Walter Wilcox, The Most Trusted Man in America) |
Occupation |
actor,editorial_department,producer |
Age |
93 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio |
Born |
4 November, 1916 |
Birthday |
4 November |
Birthplace |
St. Joseph, Missouri, USA |
Date of death |
17 July, 2009 |
Died Place |
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA |
Nationality |
United States |
We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 4 November.
He is a member of famous Actor with the age 93 years old group.
Walter Cronkite Height, Weight & Measurements
At 93 years old, Walter Cronkite height is 6' (1.83 m) .
Physical Status |
Height |
6' (1.83 m) |
Weight |
Not Available |
Body Measurements |
Not Available |
Eye Color |
Not Available |
Hair Color |
Not Available |
Who Is Walter Cronkite's Wife?
His wife is Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Maxwell (27 March 1940 - 16 March 2005) ( her death) ( 3 children)
Family |
Parents |
Not Available |
Wife |
Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Maxwell (27 March 1940 - 16 March 2005) ( her death) ( 3 children) |
Sibling |
Not Available |
Children |
Not Available |
Walter Cronkite Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Walter Cronkite worth at the age of 93 years old? Walter Cronkite’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated
Walter Cronkite's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
Net Worth in 2022 |
Pending |
Salary in 2022 |
Under Review |
House |
Not Available |
Cars |
Not Available |
Source of Income |
Actor |
Walter Cronkite Social Network
Instagram |
|
Linkedin |
|
Twitter |
|
Facebook |
|
Wikipedia |
|
Imdb |
|
Timeline
Inducted into the International Mustache Hall of Fame in 2015 (inaugural class) in the category Film & Television.
Longtime boyfriend of Joanna Simon until his death in August, 2009.
On March 15, 2005 he lost his wife of 64 years, Betsy, three weeks before their 65th anniversary.
December 2003 - Underwent surgery to repair a previously injured achilles tendon.
Release of his book, "Around America: A Tour of Our Magnificent Coastline". [2001]
Release of his audiobook, "Cronkite Remembers". [2000]
Inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians in 1999.
In 1997, released his autobiography, "A Reporter's Life", which coincided with a two-hour TV special, Cronkite Remembers (1997), in which he reminisced about his years as a reporter. A week later, an eight-hour version aired on The Discovery Channel.
Father was Walter Cronkite Sr., a dentist. Mother was Helen Cronkite who died in 1993 at the age of 101.
He is outspoken in his distaste for Oliver Stone's film JFK (1991). Calling the film "Oliver Stone junk" and "A dangerous work of fiction that seriously mid-leads a whole generation of Americans who were not alive at that time".
Satirized by Ray Goulding as "Walter Chronic" in Cold Turkey (1971).
Has a Muppet on Song of the Cloud Forest (1969) named after him, The Grouch journalist "Walter Cranky".
Is the 1966 recipient of the prestigious Connor Award given by the brothers of the Phi Alpha Tau fraternity based out of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. He is also an honorary brother of the fraternity.
In 1964 he was fired from his anchorman duties at the Democratic National Convention. CBS had gotten a new president who had never worked on a presidential campaign and had definate ideas about how CBS would be covering it. It turned out to be a mess and as a result Cronkite got some of the blame so the network executives removed him from the coverage but kept him as the anchorman of the evening news. Jokingly Cronkite became buddies with the president of NBC and the people at CBS were horrified that he was being offered a job in the rival network. So when the Republican Convention rolled around Cronkite got to cover it without using the new president's tactics.
He signed up with CBS News in 1962 and retired in 1981. Cronkite remained active throughout retirement.
On the day of the Kennedy assassination, he said the he had just come back from lunch and was standing at the teletype machine when rang a rare five bells - a bulletin. He shouted "Let's get on the air!" but getting on the air wasn't possible because the cameras had to be placed and then warmed up (after this, the networks always had a camera ready in the newsroom). He went to an audio booth just off the newsroom floor and, interrupting As the World Turns (1956), made an audio announcement over a CBS logo. It took another 20 minutes to get on camera.
At the birth of television, he and his team at CBS practically invented the institution of the evening news program. In 1951, one of the stage managers at CBS told him to sit at the desk and do the news. Cronkite asked what he meant and the managers simply said "I don't know just do it". His idea was to first just talk to the camera like another person and organize the news stories in the same vein as the newspaper beginning with the top story and working his way down to human interest stories.
Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the only child of Helen Lena (Fritsche) and Walter Leland Cronkite, a doctor. Throughout his early career, Cronkite worked with newspapers. During World War II, he served as a news reporter. In 1950, Cronkite became a journalist.
Reported on the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals in 1945.
Journalist since 1937; with CBS television since 1950.
Makes a unique claim about his television career. When he attended 1933 World's Fair, he was present at an exhibit displaying an early example of television. At the exhibit, the attendees were allowed to sit in front of the camera and watch themselves on the screen. When Cronkite sat in front of the camera he did an improptu impression of a man he had seen playing two flutes at once. Therefore, he jokingly claims that he was definitely on television decades before his contemporaries.
Attended both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in 1928. The former was on a boy scout field trip and the latter was during a visit to his grandparents in Kansas City.