Some reporters cover City Hall, some cover the waterfront. Walter Cronkite covered the universe. To Americans of the first TV generations, however, he's revered not just as a reporter, or even as merely the most famous of all network anchors; he's lovable "Uncle Walter," who vicariously guided and nursed us through the trials and triumphs of our lives.

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