Walter Leland Cronkite,Jr., b. November 4, 1916 d. July 17, 2009. Television Broadcast Journalist. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri. He began his broadcasting career working at several radio stations throughout the Midwestern United States prior to the outbreak of hostilities in Europe. During the Second World War he took a job as a reporter with United Press International covering the war.. Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri,