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176. Similar reflections
I've always felt the same at the loss of a relative or significant persons from my youth up to the present who depart.
I feel a piece of myself is taken and gone forever. Nice to know the same sentiment is felt by others.
Thanks for your post.
TJ
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  Broadcast Journalist Walter Cronkite Has Died at Age 92, According to His Family Jazzgirl  Jul-17-09 08:15 PM   #0 
   RIP  camera obscura   Jul-17-09 08:15 PM   #1 
   RIP  goclark   Jul-17-09 08:16 PM   #2 
   Another part of childhood and youth are gone.  FarLeftRage   Jul-17-09 08:16 PM   #3 
   Similar reflections  TatonkaJames   Jul-18-09 12:29 AM   #176 
   So true.  Dulcinea   Jul-18-09 07:31 AM   #202 
   I knew it was coming, but I'm saddened to see it offficial...  hlthe2b   Jul-17-09 08:16 PM   #4 
   It is so sad hlthe2b.  Jazzgirl   Jul-17-09 08:18 PM   #13 
      Yes... big lump in my throat and choking back the tears...  hlthe2b   Jul-17-09 08:32 PM   #41 
         Maybe not sharp in his 90's  No Elephants   Jul-18-09 07:12 AM   #201 
   hey mister conkrite  Mari333   Jul-17-09 08:16 PM   #5 
   Sad news.  Forkboy   Jul-17-09 08:17 PM   #6 
   RIP.  City Lights   Jul-17-09 08:17 PM   #7 
   May Peace be with his family and friends. nt  xchrom   Jul-17-09 08:17 PM   #8 
   New York Times confirms. This time, it's real. Damn.  Faygo Kid   Jul-17-09 08:17 PM   #9 
   Great picture Faygo Kid.  Jazzgirl   Jul-17-09 08:22 PM   #19 
   Rest in peace, Walter. The 'Walter Cronkite Moment:'  Hissyspit   Jul-17-09 08:18 PM   #10 
   Amazing that Middle America then related to Cronkite and now to Fox News  No Elephants   Jul-18-09 06:02 AM   #195 
   A Great Journalist and a Good Person.  MannyGoldstein   Jul-17-09 08:18 PM   # 
   Sad  NoPasaran   Jul-17-09 08:18 PM   #11 
   RIP Mr. Cronkite.  Kadie   Jul-17-09 08:18 PM   #12 
   what a life he lived!  mike_c   Jul-17-09 08:19 PM   #14 
   Indeed. A true witness to history.  AngryOldDem   Jul-17-09 08:22 PM   #18 
      And one we trusted.  aquart   Jul-17-09 08:24 PM   #24 
   .  stevedeshazer   Jul-17-09 08:21 PM   #15 
   and that is the way it is .....  Botany   Jul-17-09 08:21 PM   #16 
   Murrow's waiting, Walter. n/t  PSzymeczek   Jul-18-09 12:07 AM   #170 
   The classiest man in news is himself the news.  DainBramaged   Jul-17-09 08:21 PM   #17 
   Indeed he was, indeed he was. He was the most influential person  JayMusgrove   Jul-17-09 08:25 PM   #26 
      Another of my heroes passes on. I am truly bummed tonight.  DainBramaged   Jul-17-09 08:27 PM   #30 
   I remember his anger during the Democratic Convention in Chicago  aquart   Jul-17-09 08:22 PM   #20 
   '68 Democratic Convention, yes...  Lancer   Jul-17-09 08:57 PM   #84 
      I always thought that incident was why Rather inherited the anchor chair.  aquart   Jul-17-09 11:08 PM   #154 
      LOL @ Rather. Rather was my "Cronkite" growing up in the 90s  Odin2005   Jul-18-09 02:40 PM   #215 
   And that's the way it is.  peacefreak   Jul-17-09 08:23 PM   #21 
   I cannot believe it took until post 21 for this line...  sfwriter   Jul-20-09 04:31 PM   #224 
   Very sad news  Spazito   Jul-17-09 08:23 PM   #22 
   Awww....Goodnight, Walter.  oxymoron   Jul-17-09 08:24 PM   #23 
   Rest in peace, Walter  susanr516   Jul-17-09 08:25 PM   #25 
   A link to a past in which "broadcast journalist" wasn't an oxymoron  KamaAina   Jul-17-09 08:25 PM   #27 
   RIP  blaze   Jul-17-09 08:26 PM   #28 
   au revoir Walter  katty   Jul-17-09 08:27 PM   #29 
   The world is poorer now.  beam me up scottie   Jul-17-09 08:27 PM   #31 
   This saddens me so much.  SeattleGirl   Jul-17-09 08:28 PM   #32 
   He lived a very looong fruitful life  niceypoo   Jul-17-09 08:34 PM   #47 
   Yes he did live a nice long life niceypoo.  Jazzgirl   Jul-17-09 08:50 PM   #77 
   Me too. I was sad when he retired  Lorien   Jul-17-09 09:25 PM   #107 
   So sad, he was the best there ever was n/t  spiritual_gunfighter   Jul-17-09 08:28 PM   #33 
   It's appropriate that our greatest broadcaster expired on the 40 anniversary of the  Vidar   Jul-17-09 08:28 PM   #34 
   That was probably his most excited day, 40 years ago.  JayMusgrove   Jul-17-09 08:32 PM   #42 
      So those Fox Propaganda bass turds are politicizing even THIS!  RoccoR5955   Jul-17-09 09:50 PM   #116 
      There isn't one of those jackasses......  llmart   Jul-17-09 09:56 PM   #119 
      To paraphrase Ron Reagan,  SusanaMontana41   Jul-17-09 10:46 PM   #146 
      None of those Faux idiots are fit to do so much as shine his shoes.  kestrel91316   Jul-17-09 10:52 PM   #148 
      OMG, they are attacking WALTER?!? Sick, evil fucks!  Odin2005   Jul-18-09 02:44 PM   #216 
   He made Americans think twice and 3 times about  JayMusgrove   Jul-17-09 08:28 PM   #35 
   R-I-P "Uncle Walter"  Raine   Jul-17-09 08:28 PM   #36 
   RIP  bluevoter4life   Jul-17-09 08:29 PM   #37 
   we'll continue to hear his voice introduce Katy Couric on the CBS Evening News nightly  tomm2thumbs   Jul-17-09 08:30 PM   #38 
   This hurts  SusanaMontana41   Jul-17-09 08:31 PM   #39 
   You are so right!  tilsammans   Jul-17-09 09:17 PM   #103 
      I'm watching the CNN tribute  SusanaMontana41   Jul-17-09 09:51 PM   #117 
   RIP - nt  Ohio Joe   Jul-17-09 08:31 PM   #40 
   May he rest in peace  NewJeffCT   Jul-17-09 08:32 PM   #43 
   A life well lived indeed  shadowknows69   Jul-17-09 08:32 PM   #44 
   One of the best. Rest in peace.  newscott   Jul-17-09 08:32 PM   #45 
   And that's the way it is-July 17, 2009  liberaltrucker   Jul-17-09 08:33 PM   #46 
   That is so true.... n/t  DeSwiss   Jul-17-09 08:47 PM   #68 
   "And that's the way it was"  niceypoo   Jul-17-09 08:35 PM   #48 
   Thanks, Walter  GoddessOfGuinness   Jul-17-09 08:35 PM   #49 
   Aww  Haole Girl   Jul-17-09 08:36 PM   #50 
   RIP, Mr.Cronkite  Catherine Vincent   Jul-17-09 08:36 PM   #51 
   ;(  liberal N proud   Jul-17-09 08:37 PM   #52 
   RIP, Mr Cronkite  MrScorpio   Jul-17-09 08:37 PM   #53 
   More proof there is no god: Walter Cronkite is dead, Rush Limbaugh is still alive. n/t  Ian David   Jul-17-09 08:39 PM   #54 
   Is Rush 92? I know Rush is 1850's thinking. but  JayMusgrove   Jul-17-09 08:40 PM   #57 
      Rush will never make it to 92 and if he does no one will care  Raine   Jul-18-09 03:39 AM   #189 
      Rush is 107 in pig years. n/t  Ian David   Jul-18-09 06:08 AM   #198 
   a great journalist  Danmel   Jul-17-09 08:39 PM   #55 
   ()  Jack Rabbit   Jul-17-09 08:39 PM   #56 
   RIP Walter  Hayabusa   Jul-17-09 08:40 PM   #58 
   RIP  qanda   Jul-17-09 08:41 PM   #59 
   One of the finest journalists this country ever produced.  Raster   Jul-17-09 08:41 PM   #60 
   RIP to an American hero  fortyfeetunder   Jul-17-09 08:41 PM   #61 
   The last genuine newsman is gone.  Prisoner_Number_Six   Jul-17-09 08:42 PM   #62 
   You have already been missed for decades, Walter.  oxymoron   Jul-17-09 08:42 PM   #63 
   Needless to say, the Freepers are rejoicing heartily - and as nasty as can be.  Faygo Kid   Jul-17-09 08:43 PM   #64 
   RIP  Ghost of Tom Joad   Jul-17-09 08:44 PM   #65 
   Now that's an ICON!  Are_grits_groceries   Jul-17-09 08:45 PM   #66 
   RIP  Geek_Girl   Jul-17-09 08:46 PM   #67 
   RIP  LithosLead Moderator   Jul-17-09 08:47 PM   #69 
   ". . .And that's the way it is, Friday, July 17, 2009. . ."  DinahMoeHum   Jul-17-09 08:48 PM   #70 
   Rest Well, Walter  UpInArms   Jul-17-09 08:48 PM   #71 
   RIP Mr. Cronkite - you were the best. no one will ever come close.  NJGeek   Jul-17-09 08:49 PM   #72 
   He was the best  libnnc   Jul-17-09 08:49 PM   #73 
   Cronkite is dead...journalism is dead.  jfkraus   Jul-17-09 08:49 PM   #74 
   Todays anchors have a lot to answer for!  jfkraus   Jul-17-09 08:50 PM   #75 
   I remember him as host and narrator of The Twentieth Century  Lydia Leftcoast   Jul-17-09 08:50 PM   #76 
   You Are There  PSzymeczek   Jul-18-09 12:12 AM   #173 
   I love you, Walter. Always have, always will.  stlsaxman   Jul-17-09 08:50 PM   #78 
   RIP  AwakeAtLast   Jul-17-09 08:52 PM   #79 
   Thanks, Uncle Walter, for coming into our homes every evening  havocmom   Jul-17-09 08:52 PM   #80 
   He will be remembered through history.  tabasco   Jul-17-09 08:54 PM   #81 
   A real gentleman. A true journalist. A real professional. Thank you Walter.  RBInMaine   Jul-17-09 08:55 PM   #82 
   The news breaks our hearts. How fortunate to have experienced him.  NRaleighLiberal   Jul-17-09 08:57 PM   #83 
   One of the last true journalists.  Mad_Dem_X   Jul-17-09 08:58 PM   #85 
   RIP Walter  sdfernando   Jul-17-09 08:58 PM   #86 
   good memories of a time when news really was news  Skittles   Jul-17-09 08:59 PM   # 
   RIP.  dave29   Jul-17-09 08:59 PM   #87 
   RIP Uncle Walter!  sce56   Jul-17-09 09:00 PM   #88 
   My evening dad and teacher. Bon Voyage, sir. Please report the results of this investigation. nt  onehandle   Jul-17-09 09:01 PM   #89 
   R.I.P.  BumRushDaShow   Jul-17-09 09:02 PM   #90 
   He shaped my relationship to the world.  nolabear   Jul-17-09 09:04 PM   #91 
   Mr. Cronkite  90-percent   Jul-17-09 09:05 PM   #92 
   There was only one Walter Cronkite. The world lost something  chill_wind   Jul-17-09 09:06 PM   #93 
   I often would think of how sad the current state of "journalism" must have  Lorien   Jul-17-09 09:29 PM   #110 
   .  asthmaticeog   Jul-17-09 09:09 PM   #94 
   Thank you, Walter.  UrbScotty   Jul-17-09 09:10 PM   #95 
   Mr. Cronkite, one of your toenail clippings had more integrity than the entire Fox "News" stable.  Arugula Latte   Jul-17-09 09:13 PM   #96 
   Go in peace Mr. Cronkite; you were a Man.  marasinghe   Jul-17-09 09:14 PM   #97 
   Thank you Walter  Autumn   Jul-17-09 09:14 PM   #98 
   R.I.P. One of America's very best people ever  tj2001   Jul-17-09 09:14 PM   #99 
   Go in Peace Sir  PopSixSquish   Jul-17-09 09:15 PM   #100 
   RIP, Mr. Cronkite  brentspeak   Jul-17-09 09:15 PM   #101 
   RIP. Safe passage.  emilyg   Jul-17-09 09:17 PM   #102 
   A very sad day for the nation and world..........  Swede Atlanta    Jul-17-09 09:18 PM   #104 
   Thanks Walter!  OnionPatch   Jul-17-09 09:20 PM   #105 
   Walter was what a REAL MAN was like! Tip of the cap to the man....  Divine Discontent   Jul-17-09 09:25 PM   #106 
   A Sailor's Prayer (Rod MacDonald) - for Walter  derby378   Jul-17-09 09:27 PM   #108 
   The last of the real newsmen.  Roland99   Jul-17-09 09:28 PM   #109 
   Walter, you were the voice of my generation. We could have asked for none finer.  GliderGuider   Jul-17-09 09:29 PM   #111 
   Mr.Cronkite, you showed us what  Kajsa   Jul-17-09 09:30 PM   #112 
   Simply the best.  Undercurrent   Jul-17-09 09:39 PM   #113 
   I remember as a teenager  Sugarcoated   Jul-17-09 09:42 PM   #114 
   This is what happens when you get older--your childhood icons begin to pass away.  elocs   Jul-17-09 09:42 PM   #115 
   I can only think how valuable his contributions have been and wish  jwirr   Jul-17-09 09:52 PM   #118 
   Goodbye, Walter. You will be missed. eom  Hello_Kitty   Jul-17-09 09:56 PM   #120 
   I only caught the last couple of years of his era...  InvisibleTouch   Jul-17-09 09:57 PM   #121 
   Now HE was a truly GREAT man and JOURNALIST...!!!  TankLV   Jul-17-09 09:59 PM   #122 
   Awww fuck  cboy4   Jul-17-09 10:00 PM   #123 
   RIP. One of the true professionals in the journalism business. There will never be another W.C.  av8rdave   Jul-17-09 10:00 PM   #124 
   Awww fuck  cboy4   Jul-17-09 10:00 PM   #125 
   Dupe/  cboy4   Jul-17-09 10:02 PM   #127 
   And that's the way it is...July 17, 2009  Best_man23   Jul-17-09 10:00 PM   #126 
   RIP  senseandsensibility   Jul-17-09 10:02 PM   #128 
   Vaya con Dios, Uncle Walter. You lived to see a non-white President...  TygrBrightDU Moderator   Jul-17-09 10:03 PM   #129 
   r.i.p.  Blue_Tires   Jul-17-09 10:04 PM   #130 
   Walter Cronkite has died  Bruno A. lives   Jul-17-09 10:05 PM   #131 
   RIP and thanks for everything, Mr. Cronkite. And that's the way it was...  Hekate   Jul-17-09 10:06 PM   #132 
   Rest in Peace, sir.  SeattleGirl   Jul-17-09 10:08 PM   #133 
   “And that’s the way it is.” ...Godspeed Walter, you were the best.  Historic NY   Jul-17-09 10:11 PM   #134 
   Thank you, sir, for all that you gave us. RIP - nt  democrat2thecore   Jul-17-09 10:11 PM   #135 
   I'm glad we had him for so long.  FVZA_Colonel   Jul-17-09 10:13 PM   #136 
   Goodbye, Uncle Walter. You will be fondly remembered and sorely missed.  beac   Jul-17-09 10:16 PM   #137 
   Damn  bikebloke   Jul-17-09 10:18 PM   #138 
   RIP Walter, and thank you for trying to tell us the truth. n/t  kiva   Jul-17-09 10:19 PM   #139 
   my grandmother and father get walter cronkite, we get rush limbaugh  okieinpain   Jul-17-09 10:25 PM   #140 
   My Walter Cronkite Story  BallardWA   Jul-17-09 10:31 PM   #141 
   Lovely story. Welcome to DU.  Faygo Kid   Jul-17-09 10:33 PM   #142 
   That's a great story.  Jazzgirl   Jul-18-09 12:13 AM   #174 
   Great story & welcome to DU.  Vidar   Jul-18-09 12:57 AM   #182 
   Rest in Peace  Libertas1776   Jul-17-09 10:35 PM   #143 
   RIP  Eyerish   Jul-17-09 10:45 PM   #144 
   may angels sing you to your rest eom  Maeve   Jul-17-09 10:45 PM   #145 
   RIP, Uncle Walter. One of America's all-time greatest journalists.  kestrel91316   Jul-17-09 10:49 PM   #147 
   He was simply the best at what he did.  Still Sensible   Jul-17-09 10:57 PM   #149 
   RIP  Richd506   Jul-17-09 10:59 PM   #150 
   It is a coincidence that he died on the eve of the apollo 11 anneversary  Richd506   Jul-17-09 11:00 PM   #151 
   He had a long, blessed life. He was an icon. He will be missed.  Danger MouseDU Moderator   Jul-17-09 11:04 PM   #152 
   A great man has passed,  Individualist   Jul-17-09 11:06 PM   #153 
   His standard of integrity and honesty will never  Surya Gayatri   Jul-17-09 11:15 PM   #155 
   Dan Rather defamed and fired by Bush, and we focus on a natural passing..  Grinchie   Jul-17-09 11:17 PM   #156 
   No, I'm afraid not.  MilesColtrane   Jul-18-09 12:59 AM   #183 
   RIP Mr. Cronkite.  drm604   Jul-17-09 11:18 PM   #157 
   It's nice that he passed from this life knowing that many people honored him  peacetalksforall   Jul-17-09 11:19 PM   #158 
   THAT was the greatest name in news.  FourScore   Jul-17-09 11:20 PM   #159 
   RIP Walter Cronkite  RFKHumphreyObamaDU Moderator   Jul-17-09 11:24 PM   #160 
   How very sad.  Hugin   Jul-17-09 11:32 PM   #161 
   Astounding journalist, newscaster and human being.  HughBeaumont   Jul-17-09 11:36 PM   #162 
   Uncle Walter will never die  Voltaire   Jul-17-09 11:38 PM   #163 
   Rest in Peace, Mr. Cronkite  graywarrior   Jul-17-09 11:49 PM   #164 
   I know death (especially of those who've lived a long life) is part of the process...  Caoimhe   Jul-17-09 11:49 PM   #165 
   Oh No! RIP the Most Trusted Man in America.  Odin2005   Jul-17-09 11:53 PM   #166 
   Rest in Peace, Sir  Greylyn58   Jul-17-09 11:54 PM   #167 
   RIP Mr Cronkite  Digit   Jul-17-09 11:55 PM   #168 
   Godspeed Mr. Cronkite  MissDeeds   Jul-18-09 12:03 AM   #169 
   Here is another update on the New York Times.  Jazzgirl   Jul-18-09 12:08 AM   #171 
   RIP  Seldona   Jul-18-09 12:10 AM   #172 
   A real Icom is lost. RIP  Juan_de_la_Dem   Jul-18-09 12:19 AM   #175 
   Probably a Yaesu and a Kenwood, as well.  Frank Cannon   Jul-18-09 10:40 AM   #209 
      It took me a minute. The typo stays  Juan_de_la_Dem   Jul-18-09 05:33 PM   #220 
   RIP  Irishonly   Jul-18-09 12:30 AM   #177 
   To quote the great man himself  Libertas1776   Jul-18-09 12:42 AM   #178 
   Goodbye Mr. Cronkite.  MilesColtrane   Jul-18-09 12:46 AM   #179 
   A little bit of me is gone too.  nevergiveup   Jul-18-09 12:54 AM   #180 
   There will never be another news journalist like him  sonias   Jul-18-09 12:56 AM   #181 
   RIP Uncle Walter. n/t  Subdivisions   Jul-18-09 01:03 AM   #184 
   Very sad. RIP dear man.  glinda   Jul-18-09 01:13 AM   #185 
   He told me President Kennedy had died.  xxqqqzme   Jul-18-09 01:30 AM   #186 
   Yes, he told me too. I'll never forget that day.  Raksha   Jul-18-09 01:57 AM   #187 
   I had the pleasure, and honor, of getting to know him through...  greyghost   Jul-18-09 02:00 AM   #188 
   RIP Mr. Cronkite.  proteus_lives   Jul-18-09 03:51 AM   #190 
   The best. Ever.  caseymoz   Jul-18-09 04:10 AM   #191 
   Truly a good man.  LaPera   Jul-18-09 04:21 AM   #192 
   RIP, Walter Cronkite  Daphne08   Jul-18-09 04:31 AM   #193 
   RIP, Walter Cronkite.  bitchkitty   Jul-18-09 05:24 AM   #194 
   R.I.P. to all that have left us in 2009  Tx4obama   Jul-18-09 06:02 AM   #196 
   An icon. Think of him and his colleagues having a a few beers and one hell of a conversation.  No Elephants   Jul-18-09 06:06 AM   #197 
   he must've been going to talk about the faked moon landing so they offed him  Algorem   Jul-18-09 06:43 AM   #199 
   RIP  DarthDem   Jul-18-09 07:02 AM   #200 
   His wiki is very interesting. Here's the link.  No Elephants   Jul-18-09 07:37 AM   #203 
   A witness to history, and a man of unimpeachable integrity.  ColesCountyDem   Jul-18-09 07:38 AM   #204 
   The end of an era...  rasputin1952DU Moderator   Jul-18-09 07:49 AM   #205 
   An era passes  DFW   Jul-18-09 08:02 AM   #206 
   Rest in Peace, Mr. Cronkite.  bear425   Jul-18-09 09:40 AM   #207 
   Rest in peace, Uncle Walter  Love Bug   Jul-18-09 09:41 AM   #208 
   MAY GOD HOLD YOU IN THE PALMS OF HIS HANDS WALTER  life long demo   Jul-18-09 12:11 PM   #210 
   RIP Uncle Walter  madmax   Jul-18-09 12:49 PM   #211 
   One of the last American journalists with national reach.  readmoreoften   Jul-18-09 02:11 PM   #212 
   Smooth sailing, Uncle Walter. nt  Captain Hilts   Jul-18-09 02:24 PM   #213 
   92 year old man dies - is this really news?  bc3000   Jul-18-09 02:38 PM   #214 
   What insensitive crap.  Odin2005   Jul-18-09 03:44 PM   #218 
   grow up loser  CBGLuthier   Jul-18-09 04:37 PM   #219 
   RIP, Walter.  Uncle Joe   Jul-18-09 03:43 PM   #217 
   On Nov 22nd I walked in my house early and my mother asked if  Submariner   Jul-18-09 06:37 PM   #221 
   RIP, Uncle Walter  Sultana   Jul-18-09 06:40 PM   #222 
   Feel like another era of my life has passed  RamboLiberal   Jul-18-09 09:55 PM   #223 
 

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