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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 ...
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 7, 2005 · Aug. 7, 2005 -- ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings died today at his home in New York City. He was 67. On April 5, Jennings announced he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. He is survived by his wife ...
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.
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 ...
Aug 8, 2005 · In 1964, Jennings moved to the United States, where he was hired as a correspondent at ABC. Following a brief appointment as host of the 15-minutes newscast Peter Jennings With the News, he quit to become a foreign correspondent for ABC. For more than a decade, he traveled around the world to report on stories from Vietnam to Beirut.
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Aug 8, 2005 · Peter Jennings was the face of ABC News. The urbane Canadian-born broadcaster delivered the nightly news to Americans over five decades. He was there for every big story, be it war or weather ...
