{"id":909,"date":"2009-07-17T20:29:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T20:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/07\/brief-thought-about-walter-cronkite\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:09:32","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:09:32","slug":"brief-thought-about-walter-cronkite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/07\/brief-thought-about-walter-cronkite.html","title":{"rendered":"Brief Thought About Walter Cronkite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Walter Cronkite<\/a> was a fixture of my growing up.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2K8Q3cqGs7I<\/a>\n

I recall being so taken with his signature sign off. Later I would think of it as rather \u201czen.\u201d<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lCJTLISFIuQ<\/a>\n

Goodbye Uncle Walter\u2026<\/p>\n

And, of course.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the way it is.<\/p>\n

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