Walter Cronkite, the esteemed and veteran journalist, has died at the age of ninety two:

Walter Cronkite, the longtime CBS News journalist……and trusted anchorman, has passed away, his family said. He was 92. Cronkite was an icon of the self-consciously dignified style of journalism that dominated throughout his years in the anchor chair. It is, in a way, appropriate that his departure comes as the school of news delivery he represented — responsible, sonorous, self-important — is on its way out.

Cronkite had been rumored to be near death for a month now, after he fell “gravely ill.” In late June, his family said he had cerebrovascular disease and was not expected to recover. CBS broke the news of Cronkite’s death with a special report tonight. Cronkite anchored the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981, ending each broadcast with his signature sign-off, “And that’s the way it is.” Following his consistently strong showing in viewer opinion polls, Cronkite became known as “the most trusted man in America.” Cronkite was perhaps best remembered for his reporting on the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy, which “helped pull together a nation stricken with grief and was a signal event in television’s evolution into the national nervous system,” in the words of Times columnist Tom Wicker.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family. R.I.P.

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