Gender: Male
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: 7-29-1938
Birth Name: Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings
Date of Death: 8-7-2005
Cause of Death: Complications from Lung Cancer
Jennings was most famous as the anchor and senior editor of ABC News' World News Tonight , where he established a reputation for independence and excellence in broadcast journalism.
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To me, this man was much more than just a news broadcaster. He was in fact a personal hero of mine. Throughout my childhood I remember sitting down at seven every night and watching the entirety of his broadcasts. He always put a smile on my face...
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Posted jan 24, 2008 11:08 am pt
I believe that Peter Jennings is and always will be one of the most talented news casters of the 20th century and many people underestimated what he did. As some said, he was an extrordinary person and he surely placed his mark upon history. He...
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Posted nov 20, 2005 10:00 am pt
Peter Jennings will forever be rememberd as the best and most influencial anchor of the 20th Century. He was a class act. He started out completing with Cronkite, but in the end there was no comparison. Jennings by far was superior to Cronkite...
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Posted sep 28, 2005 7:45 am pt
Peter Jennings was one of the greatest journalists in television. He brought the news like a natural and really comfortable on camera. He is one of the reasons why I want to become a television reporter. Even though I rarely watched World News...
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Posted aug 8, 2005 3:51 pm pt
An amazing man. He Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather were the top 3 News anchor's. Brokaw worked for NBC, Dan Rather worked for CBS and Peter Jennings worked for ABC. Jennings just simply told the news, and made it interesting. I remember him in the new...
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Posted aug 8, 2005 3:35 am pt
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