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Mini Bio (1). Walter Cronkite was born on November 4, 1916 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA as Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. He is known for his work on Fail Safe (2000), You Are There (1953) and The Twentieth Century (1957).He was married to Mary Elizabeth Betsy Maxwell.ather of Kathy Cronkite and Chip Cronkite. In 1997, released his autobiography, A Reporter's Life, which coincided with a two-hour TV special, Cronkite Remembers (1997), in which he reminisced about his years as a reporter. A week later, an eight-hour version aired on The Discovery Channel.
The connection with Barnes also paid dividends for Kansas City in June 2000, when Cronkite emceed a celebration at Arrowhead Stadium marking the 150th anniversary of the cityâs founding. After six decades of marriage to Walter, Betsy Cronkite passed away in 2005 and was buried at Kansas City's Mount Moriah Cemetery. Walter Cronkite died on July 17, 2009, at the age of 92, and was interred next to Betsy at Mount Moriah. Read a building profile of Folly Theater Profile, by Donna Francis; Cronkite attended the reopening premiere after preservation efforts were finished.