Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite’s Last Sign Off from CBS

Walter Cronkite, known as the CBS Evening News anchor for 19 years beginning in 1962, gives America his last sign off as anchor. Throughout this event, Cronkite explains he’s not going away for good, and that old news anchors “don’t fade away, they just keep coming back for more.” He leaves with a statement explaining that his successor will be Dan Rather.

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