Walter Cronkite was one of America’s most trusted broadcast journalists, best known for anchoring the ‘CBS Evening News’ from the 1960s to the early 1980s. He gave up his college education to take up a full-time career in newspaper reporting and gained entry into the broadcasting industry as an announcer for ‘WKY’ radio station in Oklahoma. He gained recognition with his broadcast name “Walter Wilcox” and established himself as one of American’s best war reporters during World War II. He joined ‘CBS News’ as the anchor of the Sunday evening news program called ‘Up To the Minute’ and covered most of the important political activities in the US through the 1960s and the 1970s. His coverage of the ‘Apollo’ moon missions with co-host and former astronaut Wally Schirra made ‘CBS’ one of the most-watched channels and made him the first non-astronaut to receive ‘NASA’s ‘Ambassador of Exploration Award.’ Even after his retirement, he continued to appear on ‘CBS,’ ‘CNN,’ and ‘NPR’ as a guest. He covered important events and contributed to some of the most informative historical documentaries on world events. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Maxwell, who passed away before he died at the age of 92.