You don't need to win a ticket lottery or camp outside the Staples Center to pay a final tribute to the late, great Walter Cronkite, who will be memorialized today at St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan. You just need a browser pointed to CBSNews.com, which will Webcast the proceedings live starting at 11 a.m Pdt/2 p.m. Edt. The list of guest speakers is relatively modest (including Andy Rooney and son Chip Cronkite), but I don't expect any Darryl Phinnessee performances, so it kind of evens out in the end. Rip, Mr. Cronkite. [Variety]...
- 7/23/2009
- Movieline
Walter Cronkite has died at the age of 92, it has been reported. The legendary TV news anchor, who was once known as the "most trusted man in America", passed away on Friday at his home in New York City. According to The New York Times, son Chip Cronkite has said that his father's death was caused by complications from dementia. The American broadcast (more)...
- 7/18/2009
- by By Marcell Minaya
- Digital Spy
Note to New York money manager Kipton Cronkite, who claims he's related to CBS News legend Walter Cronkite: Your game's over.
Walter's longtime girlfriend, Joanna Simon, and his son, Chip Cronkite, told Page Six that Kipton has absolutely no blood connection to the famed anchorman. "He's no relation whatsoever to Walter," said Joanna, the noted opera-singer sister of Carly Simon. "So often people come up to us and ask us, and Walter says, 'I have no idea who that is at all.'...
Walter's longtime girlfriend, Joanna Simon, and his son, Chip Cronkite, told Page Six that Kipton has absolutely no blood connection to the famed anchorman. "He's no relation whatsoever to Walter," said Joanna, the noted opera-singer sister of Carly Simon. "So often people come up to us and ask us, and Walter says, 'I have no idea who that is at all.'...
- 2/19/2009
- NYPost.com
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