Walter Cronkite spoke fondly of his formative years in Oklahoma , the former director of the journalism school named for the famed longtime television anchor says. CBS Vice President Linda Mason said Cronkite died Friday night with his family by his side at his home in New York after a long illness. Cronkite was 92. As the anchor of the “ CBS Evening News ” from 1962 to 1981, Cronkite set the standard for accur...