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Page last updated at 22:10 GMT, Saturday, 18 July 2009 23:10 UK

US news legend Cronkite dies

The former US TV newscaster Walter Cronkite, known to millions as "the most trusted man in America", has died at the age of 92.

He presented the evening news programme for CBS from 1962 to 1981, helping the programme to become the most watched bulletin in the US.

Jon Donnison looks back at his life.

READ MORE: US TV news legend Cronkite dies

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