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Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings CM (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-American television journalist, best known for serving as the sole anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 2005. Despite dropping out of high school, Jennings transformed himself into one of American television's ...
Aug 7, 2015 · Gino Domenico/AP Photo. -- Ten years ago today, Peter Jennings, who was the voice of ABC for more than four decades, died at his home in New York City after being diagnosed with lung cancer. He ...
Peter Jennings (born July 29, 1938, Toronto, Ontario, Canada—died August 7, 2005, New York, New York, U.S.) was a Canadian-born American television journalist whose easygoing and detached manner, calm delivery, and knowledgeable air earned his audience’s respect and trust and, from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, took ABC’s World News Tonight to the top of the ratings.
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Aug 8, 2005 · Peter Jennings, the face of ABC News for decades, passed away yesterday at his New York home. He was 67. The urbane Canadian-born broadcaster announced in April that he had lung cancer. Along with ...
Aug 7, 2005 · ABC reporter and anchor Peter Jennings died Sunday at age 67 after a four-month battle with lung cancer. The intrepid journalist had helmed ABC's World News Tonight since 1983. Jennings was born ...
Pioneer. Jennings, Peter (1938-2005) Peter Jennings in 1965 became the youngest national network news anchor ever appointed in the U.S, when he was invited to join ABC. He was 27. Unfortunately, an expected audience increase didn’t materialize. Critics blamed his Canadian background, youth and lack of worldly experience.
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Aug 9, 2005 · Death took ABC News ‘conscience’. By Matea Gold. Aug. 9, 2005 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Anchor Peter Jennings’ death was met Monday with a cascade of sorrowful appreciations from ...
