Jimmy Buffett is scheduled to perform at a memorial service for his friend Walter Cronkite next month in Manhattan.
From Politico.com: “Barack Obama invited to salute Walter Cronkite”
President Obama has been invited to eulogize Walter Cronkite, the legendary CBS News anchorman, at a memorial service in Manhattan next month, network sources said.
Former President Bill Clinton has accepted an invitation to speak at the service, to be held at Lincoln Center at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 9.
Also speaking at the service will be Katie Couric, anchor and managing editor of the “CBS Evening News”; Sean McManus, president of CBS News and Sports; and Leslie Moonves, CBS Corp.’s president and chief executive officer.
Performances are scheduled by Jimmy Buffett and Mickey Hart, who was a Grateful Dead drummer.