Walter Cronkite

When the world seemed altogether less sure, and less safe, the one person I looked to for the strait scoop was Walter Cronkite. He got the country through the Kennedy assassination expressing the emotion we all felt at the time, but with the strait forward professionalism he was always known for. He was always the voice of calm, the voice of reason, and the voice of truth. He was like a grandfather who told you the facts even though you might not want to hear them. He truly deserved the name (first coined with him) of anchorman, for he truly was an anchor for many Americans during very tremulous times. Later, I never missed Walter Cronkite on New Years eve when he M.C.ed the New Year's celebration from Vienna. He brought such class to what was already a beautiful performance. Thank you Walter Cronkite. You were as much a part of my life as everyone else who greatly influenced my life.