Walter Cronkite's Funeral: LIVE VIDEO

Watch live streaming video of Walter Cronkite's funeral, November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009.

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Comments

[nyjazzfan]

12:03 AM on 07/24/2009

The recessional music at Cronkite's funeral service, "When the Saints Go Marching In," was performed by the New York Jazz Academy Classic Jazz All-Stars, a band led by St. Bartholomew's Church's house saxophonist, Javier Arau. He is an incredible talent and plays quite a bit at events at St. Bart's and around the city.

http://nyjazzacademy.com
http://javierarau.com

[janie@atthelake]

03:36 PM on 07/23/2009

It was a beautiful service, and I loved the end song..,"When the saints go marching in". Very very classy to the end.

[Pragman]

03:23 PM on 07/23/2009

Looks like it already got an emmy.

[JeffPoster]

03:04 PM on 07/23/2009

I was impressed at the outpouring of emotion, as Andy Rooney choked up and Sanford Socolow recalled some of the more unusual and humorous moments from Cronkite's life...it was curious to hear that Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead gave Uncle Walter a drum set, and that Jimmy Buffett came by in his seaplane landing in the East River facing Cronkite's apartment to visit and bring a ukelele for a mini-concert just a few days before he passed. MSNBC deserves a great big "thank you" for airing the webcast of the service, and the Cronkite family should be praised for letting in TV cameras and microphones to accomplish same. Many of us felt he was family. RIP, Mr. Cronkite.

[twisted-european]

03:00 PM on 07/23/2009

Shouldn't he be given more airtime than MJ?

RIP, Walter! Nobody will ever replace you. I can't even think of anyone who at least remotely could walk in your footsteps.

[FWDpost]

02:36 PM on 07/23/2009

Headline says: WATCH LIVE: Walter Cronkite's Funeral

If he reads this he will probably suggest you hire a copy editor, but you won't get the message until there is WiiI everywhere.

[Bitsko]

02:26 PM on 07/23/2009

Don't wish to watch a funeral, but I will salute this gentleman who brought so much credit to his now discredited profession.

[WeWon]

02:24 PM on 07/23/2009

Poor Andy. Thank you for trying to speak. We know your heart is broken.

[WeWon]

02:10 PM on 07/23/2009

RIP Uncle Walter. No one will ever replace you.