Walter Cronkite’s Family Says “He Is Not Expected To Recuperate”

Terminator · #1 06-28-09, 09:05 PM

Walter Cronkite’s family was forced to make a statement about his [COLOR=#6a9718 !important][COLOR=#6a9718 !important]health[/COLOR][/COLOR] after CBS reported he was in grave condition last week.

“Walter is suffering from cerebrovascular [COLOR=#6a9718 !important][COLOR=#6a9718 !important]disease[/COLOR][/COLOR] and is not expected to recuperate,” his family said in a statement.
“He is resting comfortably at home with family, friends and a wonderful medical team. We thank you for your prayers and good wishes.”

Walter is considered on of the most famous news anchors and one of the most trusted men in America, our thoughts go out to his family at this time.

TXCharlie · #2 06-28-09, 09:24 PM

He always did a fantastic job reporting on the NASA Apollo moon shots, and I used to watch Walter Cronkite's "21st Century" religiously, which was a Sunday-night science program of the caliber that you never saw again on the "Big 3" networks. In those days, he really didn't seem biased like he did in later years after the Vietnam war, or at least we overlooked it if he was.

No matter what people say about his biases in war reporting, he was instrumental in bringing the behind-the-scene coverage into our living rooms like never before. His daily body counts turned people against the Vietnam war and the soldiers themselves, but I think the backlash he caused has over time increased appreciation for the soldiers of later wars, as strange as it may seem.

**CTR man** · #3 06-28-09, 10:14 PM

In his prime he was one of the best or most circulated news reporter of his time. He did speak some truth, though.

Walter Cronkite Quotes

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.
Walter Cronkite

And that's the way it is.
Walter Cronkite

Dan Rather and I just aren't especially chummy.
Walter Cronkite

Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough.
Walter Cronkite

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.
Walter Cronkite

I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.
Walter Cronkite

I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men have quit to spend time with their families who spent any more time with their family.
Walter Cronkite

I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told CBS that I was stepping down at my 65th birthday, I was already regretting it. And I regretted it every day since.
Walter Cronkite

I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated.
Walter Cronkite

In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.
Walter Cronkite

Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine.
Walter Cronkite

Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.
Walter Cronkite

The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good.
Walter Cronkite

The perils of duck hunting are great - especially for the duck.
Walter Cronkite

There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
Walter Cronkite

There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.
Walter Cronkite

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.
Walter Cronkite

When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs a lot more information than reduced coverage provides.
Walter Cronkite