Photo: #In this March 6, 1981 file photo, Walter Cronkite talks on the phone at his office, prior to his final newscast as CBS anchorman in New York City. Behind him is a framed Mickey Mouse cartoon and his Emmy award. Cronkite, known as the 'most trusted man in America' has died, Friday, July 17, 2009. He was 92.
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In this March 6, 1981 file photo, Walter Cronkite talks on the phone at his office, prior to his final newscast as CBS anchorman in New York City. Behind him is a framed Mickey Mouse cartoon and his Emmy award. Cronkite, known as the 'most trusted man in America' has died, Friday, July 17, 2009. He was 92. (AP FIle Photo)

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Walter Cronkite speaks in 2005 at JFK library


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Longtime CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite spoke at a 2005 event at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. He discussed news events from D-Day to the moon landing, as well as the current state of the news media. Cronkite died Friday at the age of 92.

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