"It was a day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times; and you were there."
Kind of sums up his life and impact on all of us who grew up and old with him
Walter Cronkite died this week. CBS took the 60 Minutes slot for a memorial show, and not once did they use that line. They did give half a second to "You Were There" with no explication whatsoever.
My first speaking part - playing Walter for a Columbus Day thingy in 3rd grade. The 'boy' who'd been assigned the part got sick, and I was the best reader in class, so I got it.
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post drafted sometime in 2005. I thought I should publish it - does not appear in it's original time frame, Marian !
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