Living Family Archive

Walter Cronkite

Biography

Came on with the news that the president had been shot while the narrator was recovering at home.

Timeline

the day after the narrator's tonsil surgery
Hearing the news that Kennedy was shot
The narrator was on his sofa eating potato chips when Walter Cronkite came on with news of the shooting.
Bernie's Chapter

Stories mentioning Walter

A Blue Merry-Go-Round and News from the SofaDad told stories of pulling childhood teeth with a string and door knob. Bernard's own tooth extraction under gas at twelve produced a vivid vision of a blue merry-go-round above a blue lake. Fear of another anesthetic experience led him to avoid the other children's shared tonsil-removal day. He eventually had his tonsils removed the day before Kennedy was shot and remembers eating potato chips on his sofa when Walter Cronkite announced the shooting.

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Bernie's Chapter — MALADIES

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