Here are some of President Obama’s remarks from townhall.com
President Barack Obama called Walter Cronkite “a voice of certainty in a world that was growing more and more uncertain.”
Speaking at a memorial service for the legendary newsman, Obama acknowledged he hadn’t known Cronkite personally, “but I have benefited as a citizen from his dogged pursuit of the truth.”
“But if we realize that the kind of journalism he embodied will not simply rekindle itself as part of the natural cycle, but will come alive only if we stand up and demand it,” Obama said he was convinced “the golden days of journalism still lie ahead.”
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Will the Ted Kennedy|Funeral and Burial |be the end of the Summer of death? 1969 was the summer love. Will Summer 2009 go down in history as the Summer of Death.?
Senator Tedd Kennedy was Buried at Arlington Nationall Cemerery on August 29th 2009
The Grim Reaper has been very busy this Summer pounding upon his computer keys.
Some of the most popular and well known folks left us in the summer of death 2009. The Grim Reaper has been very busy this Summer pounding upon his computer keys.
Summer of Death Timeline:
08/28/09 DISC JOCKEY DJ AM FOUND DEAD IN NYC
08/26/09 CRIME STORY AUTHOR DOMINICK DUNNE, 83, DIES IN NYC
08/25/09 SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY DIES AT AGE 77
08/19/09 CBS NEWS PIONEER DON HEWITT DIES AT 86
08/18/09 POLITICAL COLUMNIST ROBERT NOVAK DIES AT 78
Senator Edward Kennedy Died August 25th 2009
08/13/09 CHARACTER ACTOR JOHN QUADE DIES AT 71 08/13/09 GUITAR LEGEND LES PAUL DIES AT AGE 94 08/11/09 JFK’S SISTER EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER DIES AT 88)
08/10/09 FOLK MUSIC REVIVALIST MIKE SEEGER DIES AT 75 08/06/09 ’80S TEEN FLICK DIRECTOR JOHN HUGHES DIES IN NYC 07/31/09 CORAZON AQUINO, PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT, DEAD AT 76
07/26/09 EX-BOXING CHAMPION FORREST KILLED AT 38
07/26/09 EX-’IDOL’ CONTESTANT COHEN STRUCK, KILLED BY CAR IN NJ)
07/22/09 TACO BELL AD STAR GIDGET THE CHIHUAHUA DIES AT 15
07/19/09 ‘ANGELA’S ASHES’ AUTHOR FRANK MCCOURT DIES IN NYC AT 78
07/17/09 LEGENDARY CBS ANCHOR WALTER CRONKITE DIES AT 92) 07/06/09 FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT MCNAMARA DIES
Grim Reaper has been busy in the Summer of 2009
07/04/09 REPORTS: EX-NFL QUARTERBACK STEVE MCNAIR SHOT DEAD
07/01/09 ] ‘ARE YOU BEING SERVED?’ STAR MOLLIE SUGDEN DIES AT 86 07/01/09 OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR KARL MALDEN DEAD AT 97
07/01/09 ACTOR HARVE PRESNELL DIES OF CANCER AT 75
07/01/09 BOXING HALL OF FAMER ALEXIS ARGUELLO FOUND DEAD
06/29/09 IMPRESSIONIST, VEGAS HEADLINER FRED TRAVALENA DIES
06/28/09 GALE STORM, STAR OF ’50S HIT TV SERIES, DIES AT 87 06/28/09 POLICE: TV PITCHMAN BILLY MAYS FOUND DEAD AT HOME 06/25/09 REPORTS: MICHAEL JACKSON DIES AT 50
Michatl Jackson Died 6.25.09
06/25/09 ‘CHARLIE’S ANGEL’ FARRAH FAWCETT DIES AT 62
06/23/09 [HIYOH!] ‘TONIGHT’ SIDEKICK ED MCMAHON DIES IN LA AT 86
06/13/09 CHRISTIAN ALBIN, ‘CULINARY RIP VAN WINKLE,’ DIES 06/04/09 ACTOR DAVID CARRADINE FOUND DEAD IN BANGKOK .
SURE LOOKS LIKE THE SUMMER OF DEATH TO ME.
Daddy Bush, Dan Rather and Jimmy Carter need to be Especially Care ful- for the next three weeks when Summer Officialy Ends!
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The live webcast of the Walter Cronkite Funeral has been turned into a full funeral Video. Some Folks these days are choosing to come in under the average cost of a funeral by having friends and distant relatives view the webcast. Afterwards families send out a full funeral video to those who could not attend due to distance, time, constraints or money.
Walter Cronkite Funeral Service
There is a link here to the Full Walter Cronkite Funeral on Video
Here is some info on webcasting which may be helpful with your funerals from WTOC11-Savannah,Georgia.
“The Savannah funeral directors recently introduced an option with which they can webcast funeral services online, making them accessible anywhere the internet is available. And helping eliminate complications that can compound grief…..
Through the use of one discreet and mobile camera, mourners unable to attend in person can look in on the visitation. They can also go inside chapel services, even out to the graveside where they can hear eulogies and memorials.”
Revealed here are three different ways to memorialize the most trusted man in America. First you can sign a guestbook for the news Anchor. Second you can light a candle for Walter. Third you can make a donation to a specific charity requested by Walter Cronkite’s Children.
Today a family spokesman announced that Walter Cronkite will have a private funeral service in New York City at at St. Batholomew’s Church in New York City. The date will be Thursday, July 23,2009. The time of the event has not been revealed.
Various news sources have stated that Walter Cronkite will be cremated, and that his ashes will be buried beside his wife Betsy in Missouri.
Here are President Obama’s Remarks and full Video from the Walter Cronkite Memorial Service beginning with the Marine Band- Stars and Stripes.
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