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Cronkite funeral to be Webcast at 1 p.m.
The Associated Press reports that the funeral for former CBS journalist Walter Cronkite today at 1 p.m. CT will be a “private family service.”
Nevertheless, CBS says the Manhattan service — including comments and readings from “60 Minutes” commentator Andy Rooney and longtime Cronkite producer Sanford Socolow, as well as son Chip Cronkite — will be Webcast at cbsnews.com, which will make its feed available to other broadcast and cable networks should they want to carry all or part of the service live. We could not verify any networks’ plans to do so, but it is likely that many of them — especially the cable news networks — will broadcast at least part of the feed.
Music is expected to include a jazz band’s rendition of “When the Saints Go Marching In,” they Associated Press says, and a separate memorial will be held within the next few weeks at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Here is CBS.com’s piece on the funeral:
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