<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Maxwell (m . 1940--2005), her death </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> 3, including Kathy Cronkite </Td> </Tr> <P> Walter Leland Cronkite Jr . (November 4, 1916--July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962--1981). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll . </P> <P> He reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombings in World War II; the Nuremberg trials; combat in the Vietnam War; the Dawson's Field hijackings; Watergate; the Iran Hostage Crisis; and the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr., and Beatles musician John Lennon . </P>

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