Editing Walter Cronkite (section)

== Death ==
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In June 2009, Cronkite was reported to be terminally ill.<ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran CBS newsman Walter Cronkite reported ill |work=USA Today |date=June 19, 2009 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-06-19-cronkite-illness-report_N.htm |access-date=August 3, 2012 |first=Frazier |last=Moore}}</ref> He died on July 17, 2009, at his home in New York City aged 92.<ref name="CBS Trusted">{{cite news |title=CBS Legend Walter Cronkite Dies "Most Trusted Man in America" Passes Away in New York at 92 |work=CBS News |date=July 17, 2009 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/17/eveningnews/main5170556.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718221638/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/17/eveningnews/main5170556.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2009 |access-date=July 17, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Ryan">{{cite web |last=Ryan |first=Joal |title=News Legend Walter Cronkite Dead at 92 |publisher=e online |date=July 17, 2009 |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b134779_news_legend_walter_cronkite_dead_92.html |access-date=July 17, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Stelter">{{cite news |last=Stelter |first=Brian |title=Walter Cronkite, Iconic Anchorman Dies |publisher=Media Coder |date=July 17, 2009 |url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/walter-cronkite-iconic-anchorman-dies/ |access-date=July 17, 2009}}</ref> He is believed to have died from [[cerebrovascular disease]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite dies |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Today.com |date=July 19, 2009 |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/most-trusted-man-america-dies-92-wbna30988078 |access-date=July 20, 2009}}</ref>

Cronkite's funeral took place on July 23, 2009, at [[St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church (Manhattan)|St. Bartholomew's Church]] in midtown Manhattan, New York City. Among many journalists who attended were<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nichols|first=Michelle|date=July 18, 2009|title=Legendary TV news anchor Walter Cronkite dies|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cronkite-idUSTRE56H02B20090718|access-date=April 27, 2021}}</ref> [[Tom Brokaw]], [[Connie Chung]], [[Katie Couric]], [[Charles Gibson]], [[Matt Lauer]], [[Dan Rather]], [[Andy Rooney]], [[Morley Safer]], [[Diane Sawyer]], [[Bob Schieffer]], [[Meredith Vieira]], [[Barbara Walters]], and [[Brian Williams]]. At his funeral, his friends noted his love of music, including, recently, drumming. {{citation needed|date=March 2022}} He was cremated and his remains buried next to his wife, Betsy, in the family plot in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.today.com/id/32103375|title=Loved ones, colleagues honor Walter Cronkite|date=July 23, 2009 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Today.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204042454/http://www.today.com/id/32103375#.VH_iXy-QHmo |archive-date=December 4, 2014}}</ref><ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/nyregion/24cronkite.html?scp=2&sq=cronkite&st=nyt |title=Friends Recall Walter Cronkite's Private Side|first=Brian |last=Stelter|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 23, 2009}}</ref>

A memorial service for Cronkite was held at [[Lincoln Center]] in New York City on September 9, 2009.  Presidents [[Barack Obama]] and [[Bill Clinton]] eulogized him, as did CBS presidents [[Les Moonves]] and [[Howard Stringer]], [[Nick Clooney]], [[Tom Brokaw]], [[Katie Couric]], [[Buzz Aldrin]], and [[Bob Schieffer]], among others.  Obama said Cronkite "was a voice of certainty in a world that was growing more and more uncertain. And through it all, he never lost the integrity or the plainspoken speaking style that he gained growing up in the heartland."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=2009-09-10 |title=Remembering Walter Cronkite and What He Stood For |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/us/10cronkite.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Walter Cronkite Memorial Service {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?288808-1/walter-cronkite-memorial-service |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=www.c-span.org}}</ref>