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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 World War II, he 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; 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.
  • 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:
  • 1957 Emmy: Best News Commentator - Nominee
  • 1980 Peabody: Personal Award - Winner
  • 1961 Golden Globe: Television Achievement - Winner
  • 1962 Peabody: Personal Award - Winner
  • College:
  • Attended University of Texas, Austin, TX
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