'Most trusted man' Cronkite dies

Walter Cronkite, the premier TV anchorman of the US networks’ golden age who reported a tumultuous time with reassuring authority and came to be called “the most trusted man in America”, has died at the age of 92.

Cronkite’s longtime chief of staff, Marlene Adler, said the veteran journalist died at his Manhattan home surrounded by family. She said the cause of death was cerebral vascular disease.