Was Andy Rooney able to attend the funeral of Walter Cronkite?
Walter Cronkite was remembered as a newsman, a friend, a father and a witness to great moments in history at his funeral in New York on Thursday. Longtime CBS newsman and ’60 Minutes’ commentator Andy Rooney, who is now 90, was among the names at the service. Rooney recalled how he met Cronkite when they were both war correspondents based in London. Cronkite was a wire service reporter during the Second World War before going into television. “You really got to know someone covering a war,” said Rooney. “In those days, they would tells us when there was going to be a raid, if you can believe that. These days you’re lucky if they tell you when there’s been a raid.” “Walter was such a good friend,” he said. “I feel so terrible about his death, I can hardly say anything,” he admitted and excused himself. Chip Cronkite recalled sailing and summer vacations and the ritual of his father’s return from work every night. “I loved him coming home for dinner so we could talk about that night’s pr
Family and friends of Walter Cronkite remembered the venerable television news anchor today at a memorial at St. Bartholomew’s Church in Manhattan, CBS News reports. Speakers at the service remembered Cronkite’s sense of humor, his love of sailing, and the strong emotions that lay beneath his calm, collected anchorman’s air. Sailing buddy Mike Ashford remembered how Cronkite cried “openly and without shame” at the death of his long-serving yellow lab. “Walter was such a good friend. I can’t get over it,” 60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney said, struggling to find words as he remembered their time together as reporters covering World War II. “You get to know someone pretty well in a war. I just feel so terrible about Walter’s death that I can hardly say anything.
Family and friends of Walter Cronkite remembered the venerable television news anchor today at a memorial at St. Bartholomew’s Church in Manhattan, CBS News reports. Speakers at the service remembered Cronkite’s sense of humor, his love of sailing, and the strong emotions that lay beneath his calm, collected anchorman’s air. Sailing buddy Mike Ashford remembered how Cronkite cried “openly and without shame” at the death of his long-serving yellow lab. “Walter was such a good friend. I can’t get over it,” 60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney said, struggling to find words as he remembered their time together as reporters covering World War II. “You get to know someone pretty well in a war. I just feel so terrible about Walter’s death that I can hardly say anything. Please excuse me.” http://www.newser.com/story/65165/andy-rooney-at-cronkite-funeral-i-cant-get-over-it.html
He reachedtens of millions in his heyday, but here within the magnificent stone-and-brick church on Park Avenue, it was 1,000 invited guests — some famous, some family, all touched by their anchor — who bid farewell to Walter Cronkite. As Andy Rooney used a cane to make his way down the aisle of St. Bartholomew’s Church, beneath the massive circle of a stained-glass window, it seemed clear that Cronkite’s generation, now fading from the scene, would miss him most of all. Sources: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072400950.
