I was just clocking out of work when the CNN breaking news blast showed up in my office email. My first thought was "the flash, apparently official."
But I came home, cracked a bottle of wine, and watched the tributes before coming online. Not much to add. As a kid, my folks were Huntley/Brinkley Report watchers while that lasted, but switched to CBS when Chet Huntley retired. Still carry clear memories of the nightly Vietnam War dead count, on both sides, as a kid. He must have been horrified to see what passes for "news" these days, to take his leave at what we all know is the time and day of the week to break news you don't really want noticed. Fat fucking chance. Farewell Uncle Walter. We owe you, big time. --Deb --- On Fri, 7/17/09, Rychard Withers <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Rychard Withers <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Uncle Walter Closes The Show > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 9:15 PM > > > > > > It's a sad day for me . > Walter was a hero of > mine. > He loved sailing and seab...@cbsnews > was his email for a long time > after he had retired. I found his email one day in the CBS > global directory and > sent him an email and told him a story about how as a five > year old, I started > school in Fresno. My parents were from West Virginia and > Alabama and I had a > ferocious southern accent when I started elementary school > and got teased > unmercifully. > > After school I would sit and watch > the news with Walter > Cronkite and imitate him and trained myself to not have a > southern accent but a > Midwestern accent. Later in school I often had English > teachers asking me when I > had moved to California from the Midwest. They all had a > hard time believing I > had grown up here, as I didn't have San Joaquin Valley > speech patterns like git > and ah-gin, warsh it and then put it thru the > wrench cycle, etc. > > > I told him thanks for being there > and he had inspired my > occasional forays into the journalism > world. > > He wrote a note back saying he loved > my story and it made him > laugh to think there might have been a nation of toddlers > running around > imitating him. > > I just retired the somewhat hokey > KFCF radio promo for our > news stringer fund I had done in my (poor) Walter Cronkite > impersonation. I just > aired a radio documentary he had hosted on Glacial > melting. > > America has lost a legend, and a > voice. > > Rych > > > > > > > > From: > [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard > de > Give > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 6:29 PM > To: > [email protected] > Subject: Re: Uncle Walter Closes The > Show > > > > > > > If Danny doesn't mind me stealing > his "teevee worth > watching" line, CBS will air a retrospective on > Sunday at 7 p.m. (in the > "60 Minutes" timeslot, no less. > > --- On Fri, 7/17/09, Glenda > Collins <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: > Glenda Collins <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Uncle > Walter Closes The Show > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 6:05 > PM > > > > Very sad indeed. How lucky are we > that > saw and heard his broadcasts. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 17, 2009, at 5:23 PM, [email protected] > wrote: > > > > > Expected, but still sad. > > > -----Original > Message----- > From: CNN Breaking News <[email protected]> > To: > [email protected] > Sent: > Fri, Jul 17, 2009 8:22 pm > Subject: CNN Breaking News > > > -- Former CBS News anchor Walter > Cronkite is dead at age 92, CBS reports. > > >+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= > Politics from a new perspective. Earn your Masters in > Political > Management from The George Washington University.Recognized > as > the "West Point of Politics." Visit http://pm.gspmonline.com/cnnta > >+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= > > > > > You have opted-in to receive this e-mail from CNN.com. > To unsubscribe from Breaking News e-mail alerts, go to: > http://cgi.cnn.com/m/clik?l=textbreakingnews. > > One CNN Center Atlanta, GA 30303 > (c) & (r) 2009 Cable News Network > > > > > Stay cool with this summer's hottest movies. > Moviefone brings you trailers, celebrities, > movie showtimes and tickets! > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
