Walter Cronkite Walter Cronkite Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the "CBS Evening News" for 19 years (1962–1981). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. He reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombings in World War II; the Nuremberg trials; combat in the Vietnam War; the Dawson's Field hijackings; Watergate; the Iran Hostage Crisis; and the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy,
Little Man, What Now? (song) Little Man, What Now? (song) "Little Man, What Now?" is a song performed by Morrissey on his album "Viva Hate". A reference to Morrissey's love of 1960s kitchen sink drama, the song details the fall of a minor celebrity from a TV star in the 1960s to an unknown in the 1970s. With the title originating from the 1932 book, "Kleiner Mann, was nun?" ("Little Man, What Now?") by Hans Fallada. There are contrasting theories of who the "little man" of the title is, with the two most common names mentioned being Roger Tonge of "Crossroads" and Jack Wild who