RIP Walter Cronkite

[Viking]

Nope. Never heard of the word, it doesn't exist on any Swedish site, not even with an alternate spelling. I suspect the it's same for the Dutch that shows up in the same type of rumours.

That doesn't mean that he lacks an international reputation though. I certainly recognize his name, even though born after his heydays.

RIP Walter

Funnily, I read an article on the web pages of the Norwegian state channel about his death; and it was said that his name had become a synonym in several languages for 'news anchor'; though not one language was mentioned specifically. I am to lazy to research this further; but personally I had never heard of his name.

[Kadagar_AV]

I'm reading a Boston Globe story about Walter Cronkite, and it said that he was so influential internationally that in Sweden, anchorpersons are known as "Cronkiters".

Is this actually true?

I never heard about it...