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SbOrOiNaEnR
7/17/2009, 07:49 PM
Walter Cronkite died today at 92:

Link. (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91902373&sc=fb&cc=fp)

And here's a little tidbit you might not get anywhere else: Cronkite's first broadcasting job was play-by-play for OU Football at WKY Radio in Oklahoma City in 1935.

jkm, the stolen pifwafwi
7/17/2009, 07:57 PM
yep, he replaced bob barry when he retired the first time.

CK Sooner
7/17/2009, 07:59 PM
RIP

Petro-Sooner
7/17/2009, 08:00 PM
Ahh man. For some reason I thought he had already past away.

tulsaoilerfan
7/17/2009, 08:06 PM
Another legendary figure in the world is gone;RIP Walter

My Opinion Matters
7/17/2009, 08:16 PM
Ahh man. For some reason I thought he had already past away.

Me too. :O

stoopified
7/17/2009, 08:22 PM
RIP Walter was THE MAN of the TV news game.

85Sooner
7/18/2009, 08:34 AM
Thats one---------------- seems these things always happen in threes.

picasso
7/18/2009, 09:16 AM
Ah yes, a member of the elite.