WASHINGTON — The grandson of legendary newsman Walter Cronkite has taken his own life.
The New York Daily News reports that Peter Cronkite, 22, was found dead in his dorm room at Colby College, in Waterville, Maine. The Cronkite family says he took his own life.
He was set to graduate next month, majoring in classics. The Daily news says he was co-captain of the college’s rugby team and sports editor of the campus newspaper, The Colby Echo.
“It is with deep sadness that I write to report that Peter Cronkite ’15 took his own life this weekend,” Colby President David Greene wrote in a letter to students on Monday, as quoted by the Daily News. “Peter’s death is devastating to his family, his many friends, and the entire Colby community.”
