chinarain62
08-08-2005, 10:38 AM
NEW YORK - Peter Jennings, the urbane, 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 late Sunday. "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.
I swear this cancer thing is an epidemic; 67 is young in my book. He was one of my fave news casters and I'm sorry he lost his battle after only 5 months. It brings back memories for me of my mom who died of Ovarian cancer at age 70. They need to find a cure....
I swear this cancer thing is an epidemic; 67 is young in my book. He was one of my fave news casters and I'm sorry he lost his battle after only 5 months. It brings back memories for me of my mom who died of Ovarian cancer at age 70. They need to find a cure....