 msnbc.com | Cronkite's Funeral Scheduled for Thursday New York Times Plans were set on Saturday for a private funeral for Walter Cronkite, the pioneering CBS News anchorman. Walter Cronkite on the air in the early 1960s. For decades on CBS, he signed off with his signature "And that's the way it is. ... Watching the Anchorman in a News Family US Salutes Walter Cronkite, Giant of Tv Journalism's Golden Age Final Words: Cronkite's Vietnam Commentary |