CBS Evening News: 'Death of LBJ as it Broke (1973)'

Source:CBS News- anchor Walter Cronkite announcing the death of President Lyndon B. Johnson as it broke, in 1973.

"The news came in the middle of a story on talks between the U.S. and Vietnam." 

From Mike Gardner

I think to argue that Lyndon Johnson's post-White House life was miserable, might be putting it too strongly. He was financially secure thanks to his big, beautiful ranch in Texas, he had his beautiful wife who he was still in love with and Lady Bird loved him, he had his kids and grandkids. But most of LBJ's life was government and politics. If he never makes it to The White House, he probably dies in the Senate and serves in the Senate for 20-30 years. He was very unhappy being out of Washington and out of government and politics. Which made his everyday life, plus with the health issues, very difficult for him.