Walter Cronkite

 Walter   Cronkite  ( 1 9 1 6 - 2 00 9 ) was a veteran T V journalist, who spent 1 9 year s as anchor man of the C B S Evening New s. He was i n t e r view e d in t h e special ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sing!_Sesame_Street_Remembers_Joe_Raposo_and_His_Music Sing !  SESAME   STREET  Remem ber s Joe Raposo & H is Music ]'', in which he indicate d that he was the 1 s t man Joe Raposo  ever kissed on the cheek.

On December 2 1 s t, 1978. Cronkite & BIG BIRD attended a Chris t mas  reception for chil dren of diplomat s at t he White House, hosted by President Carter & 1 st Lady Rosalynn Carter.

Cronkite is an Academy of Television Art s & Science s Hall of Fame inductee.

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 *  GROUCH  new s caster  WALTER CRANK Y  is a loose parody  of Cronkite.
 * W hen  OSCAR , who has been reporting for  GNN  ( the  GROUCH  New s Net work  ) sign s off ,  he  paraphrase s Cronkite ' s signature sign off with , " & that ' s the  GROUCH Y  way it is " on  EPISODE 4160  of  SESAME STREET .
 * In a  SESAME STREET  New s Flash sketch on the 3 Little Pig s ' story, the 3 Little Pig s mistake Kermit the Frog for Walter Cronkite . Also during the game of " 3 of These Thing s " between Kermit & the 3 Little Pig s , 1 pig point s at Kermit & say s it is " Walter " who does n ' t be long.