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Walter Cronkite Dead at age 92:  NEW - Colleagues at CBS in NY remember “The Gold Standard”

NEW colleagues at WCBS in New York remember the man who represented “the gold standard” in TV Journalism.

Your comments tell the story of “The Most Trusted Man in America” - Walter Cronkite. 

A man who’s been away from the CBS Evening News anchor desk since 1981, who many of you are remembering as though he’d left your living room yesterday.

I’ve heard “one and only”  “legendary”  “icon” to name a few of the titles you assign this journalism giant.

He died Friday night at age 92, but clearly will live on.  Obituary here.

I remember walking into Channel 7’s studios to interview in 1990, and proudly on the lobby wall, hung a picture of Walter Cronkite at the studio ground breaking ceremony in the late 70’s.

I was so impressed, that the owner, Walter Brown, was so close with a man who inspired my career in Journalism.

Nancy Welch, a former WSPA personality, recalls Cronkites visit in the 70’s in her blog.  More here.

And Tom Crabtree tells you more about the visit to WSPA. More here.

We uncovered this 1977 Speech in Spartanburg Cronkite made at the Memorial Auditorium.

Friday night Howard Kurtz the media critic for the Washington post tweeted out:  “An era has truly ended.”

Al Tompkins from the Poynter Institute for Journalism takes this look at how Cronkite impacted our industry. Read it here.

From the moon landing, to the Vietnam War to JFK’s assassination - you’ll find some of the most memorable Cronkite clips posted below.

Many of you were also commenting about Cronkite’s signature sign off:  “And that’s the way it is.”  Here is a video clip of Cronkite explaining why he used it.

MEMORABLE REPORTS