Walter Cronkite's Life and Career in Pictures

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As the journalistic voice of CBS News for two tumultuous decades, Walter Cronkite established an on-screen persona of unscrupulous obejctivity. His convincing delivery and authoritative presence made him, by the measure of one 1973 poll, the "the most trusted figure in the United States."

• The Man with America's Trust: Walter Cronkite 1916-2009