As we will hear later, Walter Cronkite had the sad duty of reporting that the young president was dead.
VOA : special.2009.08.16
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And the president who had led the Union during that war was dead.
VOA : special.2010.01.21
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"I think that the reaction to this disaster was very quiet and peaceful, and people wanted to mourn the dead above their political views and how they evaluated the President and his party."