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There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
Walter Cronkite
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Walter Cronkite
Age: 92 †
Born: 1916
Born: November 4
Died: 2009
Died: July 17
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News Presenter
Saint Joseph
Missouri
Walter Leland Cronkite
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