Cronkite Dies at 92

Walter Cronkite, who anchored for the "CBS Evening News," died on Friday at age 92.

According to Boston Herald, Cronkite died from cerebrovascular disease at his New York home, family members said. They revealed his condition in June and said he was not expected to recover from it. He and his wife of 65 years, Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Maxwell, are survived by three children and several grandchildren.

Hollywood Reporter said Cronkite anchored for the news show for nearly two decades after being recruited by Edward R. Murrow. He received the accolade, "the most trusted man in America," for his work, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981 and was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in 1985.

"Cronkite wasn't a robot," said John Dickerson of CBS News. "His most memorable moments reading the news were personal -- his verge-of-tears reading of the bulletin announcing Kennedy's death, and his childlike wonder covering the Apollo 11 launch."