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Walter Cronkite: Biography

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Birth Name: Walter Leland Cronkite Jr.
Birth Place: St. Joseph, MO
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/04/1916, Scorpio
Date of Death: 07/17/2009
Profession: Broadcast journalist

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Walter Cronkite Fast Facts:

Lost an election for president of his University of Texas freshman class to a high-school friend, Joe Greenhill, who later became chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
Called University of Oklahoma football games for an Oklahoma City radio station in 1937.
As a correspondent for UPI during WWII, parachuted into the Netherlands with the 101st Airborne Division. Also landed in Normandy on D-day and flew on bombing missions over Germany.
Was the first TV-news personality to be called an "anchor," when he headed CBS's coverage of the 1952 political conventions.
Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Retired from anchoring the CBS Evening News in 1981.
Inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1985; received numerous awards for broadcast journalism, including multiple Emmys and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award.
Wrote his autobiography, A Reporter's Life, in 1996.
In 2006, was presented with the Ambassador of Exploration Award, becoming the first individual who wasn't a NASA employee or an astronaut to be honored.

Walter Cronkite Relationships:
Helen Cronkite - Mother
Joanna Simon - Significant Other
Mary Elizabeth Simmons Maxwell Cronkite - Wife (deceased)
Mary Kathleen Cronkite - Daughter
Nancy Elizabeth Cronkite - Daughter
Walter Leland Cronkite III - Son
Walter Leland Cronkite Sr. - Father
Walter Cronkite Awards:
1961 Golden Globe: Television Achievement - Winner
1962 Peabody: Personal Award - Winner
1980 Peabody: Personal Award - Winner
1957 Emmy: Best News Commentator - Nominee
College:
Attended University of Texas, Austin, TX

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