CBS Newsman Walter Cronkite Remembered at New York City Funeral

Mourners gathered Thursday to bid farewell to legendary "Evening News" anchor Walter Cronkite at his star-studded New York City funeral.

Cronkite's casket was carried in to the private ceremony about 1:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Bartholomew's Church in midtown Manhattan.

The service drew scores of Hollywood's glitterati, as well as his loved ones, friends and colleagues.

Cronkite died Friday at his Manhattan home at age 92.

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