Peter Jennings

[Pinchaser...]

it appears that a great man, Peter Jennings, has lost his battle with lung cancer.  :(

[Katahu]

That name sounds so familiar. Who was it?

So sad.

[denishc]

 Peter Jennings was a news anchorman for the nightly national news here in the states, I can't remember the station he worked for.

[Achilles]

He was the anchor of the ABC News desk for ABC's World News Tonight for 5 decades.

[Wing Nut]

That's sad.  I have watched him for years and didn't know he had cancer.  he was a great broadcaster...  :(

[TacitBlue]

One of the few real news men. I remember hearing that he had cancer, but they made it sound like it wasn't very serious. I figured he would recover. I remember watching him during 9/11 and you could tell he had been at that desk for like 14 hours, but he stuck with it. I will miss seeing him on the news.

[flyboy 28]

Sad to hear.  :(

[jrpilot]

Sad, he had a good voice for news.

Didn't he smoke cigs though?

[TacitBlue]

He did, then he quit in the 80s some time, then started back up again during 9/11.

[beefhole]

It really is a shame to hear... as Tacit said, he was one of the few REAL newsmen still around.

[Foxtrot Sport]

Not to bag on him, but with everyone saying oh it's such a tragedy that he died, nobody's really come out and said that this was a completely preventable death!  And I'm not saying that he wasn't a great newscaster.  But I guess I don't appreaciate him because I haven't been here long enough...

-HF