One of the ancillary stories springing from celebrity deaths lately is "how were they covered on Twitter?" What was the reaction? Did it crack Twitter's "trending topics"? Did it break the Internet? Well, in the case of Walter Cronkite's death this past Friday, there was another question: You spelled it how? (more...)

VIDEO Walter Cronkite - known in his time as "The Most Trusted Man In America" and "Uncle Walter" who shared the news with America in their living rooms each night - is dead at 92, after a long life and one of the great careers in televison news. In his 19 years helming the CBS Evening News - from 1962 to 1981 - he reported some of the most important moments of his time - and of television's early history. Here are a few of those moments: (more...)

Yesterday, Walter Cronkite's voice opened the CBS Evening News for the last time.

Cronkite, who died Friday evening at age 92, has been the voice announcing the CBS Evening News since September 5, 2006, when Katie Couric took over as anchor of the broadcast that Cronkite helmed for 19 years. Last night, that familiar voice welcomed viewers for the last time: CBS News will be be retiring the Cronkite voiceover. (more...)