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WALTER TO WED?
NY Post ^ | Jan. 18, 2006 | Don Kaplan

Posted on 01/18/2006 8:07:15 AM PST by COUNTrecount

January 18, 2006 -- WALTER Cronkite looks like he's getting married to his new girlfriend, Joanna Simon, a New York City realtor and singer Carly Simon's big sister. "We are keeping company, as the old phrase used to be," Cronkite told a reporter yesterday. "I'm not making any moves immediately. I don't think it's proper.

"My wife has only been gone less than a year. I'll wait until that year has passed, at least," he said.

Cronkite, 89, lives in the same building as Simon, 65, a real estate broker who is also a mezzo-soprano opera singer.

Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Conkite, his wife of 65 years, died last March from cancer, leaving behind her husband, two daughters, a son, and four grandsons. Despite letting the cat out of the bag about his new romance, Cronkite told the Philadelphia Inquirer that, "I'm not making any announcements, as yet."

The pair have been spotted around town together for months at various social functions. Cronkite even gave her the real estate listing for his East 52nd Street co-op, last year, which he had used as an office.

Simon was married to former New York Times Magazine articles editor Gerald Walker, who died from complications of a stroke in early 2004. He was also the author of "Cruising," the 1970 book about the New York City gay underground. The book was eventually turned into a 1980 film starring Al Pacino.

As an opera singer, Simon has appeared in leading roles throughout the U.S. and Europe, including the Teatro Colon and the Salzberg festival. Cronkite still has a deal with CBS as a special correspondent and says he goes to his office at CBS' New York City headquarters ...

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: crankyoldliberals; cronking; weddingbells

1 posted on 01/18/2006 8:07:16 AM PST by COUNTrecount
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To: COUNTrecount

LMAO!


2 posted on 01/18/2006 8:07:49 AM PST by GreenAccord (I move for a bad trial thingy!)
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To: COUNTrecount

Walter wants us to lose.


3 posted on 01/18/2006 8:09:44 AM PST by popdonnelly
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To: COUNTrecount

Old Walter's a stud, I bet he can make her hit the high notes LMAO


4 posted on 01/18/2006 8:09:44 AM PST by sgtbono2002
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To: COUNTrecount
I'd like to sugest an alternative:


5 posted on 01/18/2006 8:09:52 AM PST by atomicpossum (Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
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To: COUNTrecount

defibrulator may be a good takeaklong for the honeymoon...i hope its batteries are dead


6 posted on 01/18/2006 8:10:15 AM PST by wildcatf4f3 (the friend of my enemy is my enemy)
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To: sgtbono2002

I think Joana has more admiration for his bank account.


7 posted on 01/18/2006 8:11:27 AM PST by popdonnelly
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To: atomicpossum

LMAO !


8 posted on 01/18/2006 8:12:49 AM PST by COUNTrecount
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To: COUNTrecount

Reminds me of the story about a guy Cronkite's age. He goes to the doctor and asks for Viagra, but he says he only wants half a pill. Doctor tells him that half a pill won't do much to help his sex life. Guy says, "Sex life? Hell, I just wanna stop peeing on my shoes!"


9 posted on 01/18/2006 8:39:10 AM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: COUNTrecount
"I'll wait until that year has passed, at least."

Oh yes, Walter, wait for that year to pass. Appearances are everything. On second thought, for someone who is 89 you might want to rethink that.

10 posted on 01/18/2006 8:42:43 AM PST by asp1
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To: COUNTrecount

....perish the thought....ewwwww


11 posted on 01/18/2006 9:16:49 AM PST by auto power
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To: COUNTrecount
Is she a yachting-off-of-Martha's Vineyard kind of Communist like he is?
12 posted on 01/18/2006 9:18:19 AM PST by Gay State Conservative
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To: COUNTrecount

One can always hope the old girl can "love" him to death...and end the America hating communist babble from his drooling traitorous lips...

I for one, am not ashamed I'll celebrate his death...

Semper Fi


13 posted on 01/18/2006 9:18:57 AM PST by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: Emmett McCarthy
I wonder if you know the definition of the word "optimist".
An optimist is an 80 year old guy who marries an 18 year old girl and buys a house near a school.
14 posted on 01/18/2006 9:20:54 AM PST by Gay State Conservative
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To: COUNTrecount
I have to wonder about the lady's needs if she's willing to spend time with that dirtball! She must be desperate for companionship or something! I'd tell her to buy a dog with fleas, because she would be better off in the long run!
15 posted on 01/18/2006 9:57:31 AM PST by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: COUNTrecount

He'll need the blue pills.

16 posted on 01/18/2006 9:59:51 AM PST by bmwcyle (As the left takes to the streets the too many lazy Freeper sleep)
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To: COUNTrecount

Give this enough time, Walter...you'll be joining your late wife sooner rather than later...one place or the other.


17 posted on 01/18/2006 10:03:03 AM PST by shield (The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instructions.Pr 1:7)
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