Art Cashin, UBS' director of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange who spent more than 60 years on Wall Street, has died aged 83. "It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of the passing of Arthur Cashin,

Art Cashin, UBS’ director of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange and a man The Washington Post called “Wall Street’s version of Walter Cronkite,” has died. He was 83 and had been a regular on CNBC for more than 25 years.

Bob Pisani, Cashin's friend and CNBC reporter, described him as "that rarest of creatures: a man respected by all, bulls and bears, liberals and conservatives alike" and "a great drinker and raconteur,