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    NEW YORK (CNN) -- Nearly four months to the day since he announced in a hoarse voice on his evening newscast that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer, longtime ABC "World News Tonight" anchor Peter Jennings died Sunday, according to the ABC news network. He was 67.

    At a time when all three major broadcast networks saw their evening news anchor spots change hands in less than a year, Jennings' departure was a surprise. Both NBC's Tom Brokaw and CBS' Dan Rather announced their plans well in advance, but Jennings' illness forced a quick decision.

    Jennings, a native Canadian who became a U.S. citizen in 2003, said he would continue to host "World News Tonight" when possible. Since the announcement, ABC News' Charles Gibson and Elizabeth Vargas have filled in for him as temporary anchors.

    But he said he was determined to fight the disease, citing National Cancer Institute statistics that nearly 10 million Americans are living with cancer. "I have a lot to learn from them, and 'living' is the key word," he said.

    Since April 5, when Jennings announced his diagnosis on the news program, he kept his public comments positive. Even during the initial announcement, he said he would be undergoing chemotherapy and joked about losing his hair.

    "I wonder if other men and women ask their doctors right away, 'OK, doc, when does the hair go?'" said the immaculately dressed and coifed Jennings.

    He admitted being a smoker until about 20 years ago, and said he "was weak and I smoked over 9/11."

    In an April 29 letter posted on the ABC News' site, Jennings said he had been "spoiled rotten" by well-wishers and added, "I assume there are a few others out there who, like me, are going with the flow until the day gets better."

    Since he began anchoring the program in 1983, Jennings won numerous awards, including a National Headline Award and a George Foster Peabody award. He also won some 14 Emmys, according to the ABC News Web site.

    Asked how it felt after anchoring ABC's evening news program for 20 years, Jennings told CNN's Larry King on Sept. 8, 2003, "Seems like yesterday; seems like forever -- all at the same time."

    "It's sort of, how do you measure it? Do you measure the fact that I'm 20 years older? No. I think I measure it by the events. You know, I came just as the Cold War was coming to an end."

    "When you think about the events that we've been through, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to, I guess you'd say, 9/11 being the culmination at the end of that, of that scope, what extraordinary changes there have been."

    Jennings was born July 29, 1938 in Toronto with journalism in his blood. His father, Charles, was the first voice of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation when it was established in the mid-1930s. At age 9, Jennings hosted "Peter's People," a short-lived Saturday morning children's show on the CBC.

    A high school dropout, Jennings worked as a bank teller for several years before moving into radio and then into television in 1961. He was hired by ABC in 1964.

    The following year, when he was 26, Jennings was picked to anchor "The ABC Evening News." But two years later, he told his bosses he needed more seasoning and returned to field reporting, CNN Correspondent Jeff Greenfield, a former ABC News employee, has said.

    He became a foreign correspondent for the network, covering such stories as the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, when members of the Arab terrorist group Black September seized the Israeli compound and took athletes hostage.

    After he took the anchor chair of World New Tonight, Jennings led ABC's coverage of the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.

    "On 9/11, those of us who do the jobs that I do, flew without a net for hour and hour and hour after end. And then you hope and pray that you've had the experience to be up to it. Because then you're editor, analyst, reporter, correspondent, ringmaster, the whole thing.

    An ABC spokesman said in April that Jennings had been feeling ill for a couple of months and underwent a number of tests before the diagnosis was made. He did not travel to cover the tsunami in South Asia in December 2004 or the death of Pope John Paul II earlier this year.

    When the announcement of Jennings' diagnosis was made, ABC did not divulge the stage of his cancer. Cancer stages range from 1 to 4, with 4 being the most advanced.

    The network's "World News Tonight" Web site has maintained an online forum where viewers could post expressions of support and good wishes for Jennings. It has also posted statements from Jennings thanking viewers for their support and his thoughts on topics such as the recent terrorist bombings in London.

    The last posting came on July 29, Jennings' birthday. "Many thanks to all of you for your birthday wishes," the statement from Jennings said. "Your words -- as always -- are a great source of strength. I am celebrating today with my family -- we are all grateful."

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    Wow.. This is a shock. What a sad day.

    Rest well, Peter.

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    Wow, he will be missed. And to his family; all the best well wishes in their time of grief as well.
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    Peter was a gentlemen's gentleman. When he'd walk into the green room, the whole place would simply light up.

    He will be so sorely missed....

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    Re: Jennings being a smoker until about 20 years ago and then being "weak" and doing it over Septmeber 11th 2001- he logged in around 60 hours of airtime during the 9/11 event. I don't think he needed to call himself weak, many cigs and drinks were picked up that week.
    So sad......an intelligent presence that will be missed.

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    It was his news program I've watched for the last decade, if not longer, so I know he will be missed by millions of people who've done so for at least that long and longer.

    A very sad day indeed!


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    Wow, definitely a sad day.

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    I've lost many people to cancer and it pisses me off that instead of finding a cure for it, we keep sending shoddy rockets into space. Four months? Something's wrong with that picture.

    R.I. P. Mr. Jennings, you were a class act.

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    My bf started working at ABC last year and had the pleasure of chatting briefly with Mr. Jennings several times. He really was a class act and excellent at his craft. He will be missed. Rest in peace.

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    How sad...I grew up with him...my parents watched his news programs every night.

    R.I.P Peter Jennings

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    A lot of very nice, decent people die every day....and no one gives a damn! I'm not saddened...sorry! Just my opinon!
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    ^Of course a lot of people die every day. But this thread isn't about them. As the saying goes.. If you don't have anything nice to say....

    Let those who wish to express their shock and sadness of Peter's passing do so.

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    Gosh, he was a bit of Americana, thats just a great loss.




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    He was a great journalist, someone who could engulf you into a story, almost making it seem as if he was a brother of yours, telling you what was going on.

    On a side note, Tom Brokaw talked on the Today show about Peter and he said something to the fact that (and I paraphrase) "He would want us to not forget about all of the other people that are dying of this illness. A cure needs to be found."

    God Bless Peter..........and God Bless his family......
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    Perhaps if you look at this as Mr. Jennings personifying the millions of people with cancer, you would see his death another way, infa-red.
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    Quote Originally Posted by infra-red
    A lot of very nice, decent people die every day....and no one gives a damn! I'm not saddened...sorry! Just my opinon!
    How about this, for every person who dies in the world, you create a thread for them. In it, put their names, their accomplishments, how they left an impact on the world, and what they died of, and if you can, an article about it.


    Im sure the mods can set you up your own little forum. This way, you can feel happy that everyone has recognition... ok?

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    What's also kind of saddening is that with Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather retiring in the last year, PJ was the last of the three big network anchors. Others will refill those spots, but those three guys were such a fixture on the evening news for so long, its going to be hard for their replacements to get the audience loyalty they had, particularly with the competition from the cable networks. Its truly the end of an era.

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    A very sad day

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    It's an adage in the TV News industry that the news (often bad) coming from a charismatic person in the anchor chair is easier to take.
    It's also a tribute to humanity as a whole that we are motivated to care about what goes on beyond our little worlds, even though we might not agree on how to deal with world events. TV News is a staple for most good people who feel a need to be aware, even if they cannot change the world.
    We're lucky that through Jennings we had such a fitting conduit for all that information.

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    Peter Jennings was a class act who will definitely be missed. A lot of people are leaving messages on the ABC bulletin board saying how no matter how hard it is, they will try even harder to quit smoking before it kills them.

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    Gabe's back from Iraq! Wow...

    Anyway, PJ was one of the few reporters that I wasn't repulsed by. He had a very straightforward and pragmatic way of delivering the news. I met a client at PEC who worked with him and said he was a great guy, very modest, friendly and professional. He felt it was a privilege to share information with people and didn't take his job lightly.
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