Walter Cronkite passes

[Bill O'Neill]

Ted Larsen wrote:
> Walter
> just looked at Nixon and shook his head but knew he had to accommodate
> him and Nixon sat down and shook off the CBS makeup person and on the
> air we go.
Thanks for your wonderful observations, Ted. Priceless.  We all know how 
Nixon's lack of makeup impacted on the Kennedy-Nixon debates eight years 
prior.  As to Cronkite's visceral response just to Nixon's presence, I 
suppose that goes further to the playbook that few in Walter's business 
have bothered to hold closely.  Walter kept it off-camera. 

> I offer him a ride to the Sheraton and he happily accepted and now I
> am embarrassed that I have Walter Cronkite in my gold 65 Mustang. 
Man, what a great memory - loaded with irony. Embarrassment over a 65 
Mustang?

And how much would a photo of Walter Cronkite at Uncle Gus' set phone 
run?  Even more than the Mustang!

Bill O'Neill