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Category: Walter Cronkite
<p> It seems these days every time I turn on the radio someone has passed away . Recently I can't turn on CNN because of a certain music ICON that died and won't get off the news ! yesterday I heard it on NPR as I was driving through west Texas " Walter Cronkite " has died at the age of 92. Now that is old I thought . What a life he must have had.</p><p> It was late july 1969 , I friend and I had just returned from our local swimming pool where we had spent the entire day admiring the newest fashion fad called the " Bikini " , new to us anyway as that summer suddenly sparked our interest in the opposite sex.</p><p> When we walked in the front door everyone was gathered around a 13 inch Zenith black and white TV . That was the only Tv we had in a 3 story victorian home built in 1900 in the middle of Omaha Nebraska . " what are you watching ?" I asked . " They are landing on the moon " one of my sisters replied .</p><p> Everyone was together , not fighting, not insulting, not picking at each other as kids usually do. We all just watched in amazement . How did they get Tv on the moon ? I thought . Then came Uncle WALTER . The man who bored me day after day with the news from Vietnam . I just wanted to get through the news and watch something funny. Walter was smiling and he wiped a tear from his eye . He was momentarily speechlees , giddy like a kid my age .</p><p> This must be really an important moment I thought . I am going to remember this summer for a long time ....</p>
