Farewell, Walter

This is the man who brought me the news of John F. Kennedy's death, in his halting, emotion-filled reporting. This is the man who told us that the Vietnam War was a mistake and thus insured LBJ would not run again, who anchored the news of the moon shot, lo these 40 years ago. In my household growing up, when it was time for the news my mother would say, "Quiet. Walter is on." (Later on it became Huntley-Brinkley she followed so faithfully.) This was the man who was called the most trusted man in America. Who, on the news, can claim that title today?