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R.I.P. Peter Jennings
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings Dies at 67
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer 1 minute ago
NEW YORK - Peter Jennings, the suave, Canadian-born broadcaster who delivered the news to Americans each night in five separate decades, died Sunday. He was 67.
Jennings, who announced in April that he had lung cancer, died at his New York home, ABC News President David Westin said.
"Peter has been our colleague, our friend, and our leader in so many ways. None of us will be the same without him," Westin said.
With Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather, Jennings was part of a triumvirate that dominated network news for more than two decades, through the birth of cable news and the Internet. His smooth delivery and years of international reporting experience made Jennings particularly popular among urban dwellers.
Jennings was the face of ABC News whenever a big story broke. He logged more than 60 hours on the air during the week of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, offering a soothing sense of continuity during a troubled time.
"There are a lot of people who think our job is to reassure the public every night that their home, their community and their nation is safe," he told author Jeff Alan. "I don't subscribe to that at all. I subscribe to leaving people with essentially — sorry it's a cliche — a rough draft of history. Some days it's reassuring, some days it's absolutely destructive."
Jennings' announcement four months ago that the longtime would begin treatment for lung cancer came as a shock.
"I will continue to do the broadcast," he said, his voice husky, in a taped message that night. "On good days, my voice will not always be like this."
But although Jennings occasionally came to the office, he never again appeared on the air. |
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| Vivid Boy |
umm sad but not that sad
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| Dj Smitty20 |
| i didn't even know he had taken time off. Shows how much I watch American news.;) Why couldn't this have been Bill O'Reily instead? Pete Jennings was a class act. |
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| dEsidEL |
anyone ever see the ecstacy report on ABC that he hosted ? was good stuff
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| hardcore trancer |
RIP Peter Jennings :sadgreen: :sadgreen: :(
I watched alot of his reports. |
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| shanny |
I am in broadcasting and hope to one day have half the career that Peter had.
He was the standard for newscasters.
It is sad that his illness moved so quickly.
RIP. |
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| AwakenedAddict |
| quote: | Originally posted by dEsidEL
anyone ever see the ecstacy report on ABC that he hosted ? was good stuff
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Yea, it was a pretty impartial piece of reporting.
RIP big Peetey |
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| Spike |
| thanks for the news flash! |
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| DJ_Ampz |
| quote: | Originally posted by shanny
I am in broadcasting and hope to one day have half the career that Peter had.
He was the standard for newscasters.
It is sad that his illness moved so quickly.
RIP. |
Same here, and agreed, Standard :)
Ampz |
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| Irishaddict |
| Sad loss for journalism. |
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