Peter Jennings Dead per ABC news, 67 years old

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[MindBender26]

From friends at ABC; Peter Jennings is near death. This is unconfirmed, but from usually reliable sources.

The ABC anchor, who was born in Canada but became a US citizen, announced a few months ago that he was suffering from lung cancer. He has not made a televised appearance since.

[F16Fighter]

"There is a loong distance between a touch of respect and dancing on someone's grave."

Thouu wouldst do well to heed your own words.

[Frapster]

As a child I often listened to Mr. Jennings with my parents. He is part of many vivid and good memories for me. I will miss him. Thank you Peter.

[Shazbot29]

Thouu wouldst do well to heed your own words.

Thou makest no sense. Please show where I have been less than respectful or dancing on anyone's grave.

[Halls]

Very sad he died. I had a feeling since he disappeared looking very ill in April he wouldn't make it. Just shows you that it is God who is in control and not man. Still, very sad and I know it is never easy to lose a loved one.

[DoctorMichael]

"If you can't say anything good about someone then don't say anything at all"

Therefore: No comment.

[OESY]

Jennings died before his reputation caught up with him; Rather should have been so lucky. Brokaw tried to opt out of the unholy threesome by writing his book "The Greatest Generation."

[rwfromkansas]

oh my. I must have missed that.

But, I was a senior in HS that year....we were watching NBC and FNC in my classes that day IIRC.

I just saw the clip of him tearing up last night.

[BroncosFan]

Brit Hume has handled questions about this with truly monumental class. I do not think I could be this much of a gentleman, considering how PJ quietly backed BH's somewhat forced exodus from ABC. How Brit deals with all the nonsense amazes me.

[rwfromkansas]

I am sure some good reporters have gotten tossed aside as people like Jennings are allowed to ascend, but I can't assume no good reporters are ever given an opportunity due to politics.

Brit Hume used to be an ABC correspondent.

[rwfromkansas]

Again, you do no get to be an anchor by having a pretty face.

You first have to prove yourself as a reporter, which he did. Also, anchor, he wrote his own show scripts and went into the field to report on things as well.

They do not just read the prompter. In breaking news, you can't do that anyway.

[LeeHarvey]

Wow, you were Johnny-on-the-spot right-on with this story. I remember going to bed late one night this past weekend (thought it was Friday, but must've been Saturday ;), thinking about Peter and Gulf War 1. Needless to say, I wake up this morning, and BAM! it's all over the news.

Condolences to the Jenning family and ABC News -- they lost a good anchor (biased, or not).

[petitfour]

Peter Jennings on 9/11 and Peter Jennings in 1994, the night of the Republican Revolution, are what stick out in my mind regarding PJ. When he said the voters were having a "temper tantrum," I could not believe it. I was in my early 20s then, and I was not as cynical about the news media. This makes me think of how the media reports poll numbers and expects their poll numbers to be an accurate predictor of elections. As if their poll formulas are some sort of prophetic device.

[AlwaysFree]

While growing up in rural WV, I remember my Dad talking politics across the fence with the neighbors. My Dad would have a field day talking politics with Peter Jennings. Considering that both Peter and my Dad have entered into their eternal reward, they are probably talking up a storm now.

May they both rest in peace.

[najida]

Prayers going up and out for his friends and family.

[rwfromkansas]

Mass murderers don't get the right of being treated as a human being.

[Babu]

...it is suspicious that he waited until right before he could start collecting [Social Security] to make his move...

How absurd. Do you really think, with the amount of money he was making at ABC, that he would need to collect another paltry few thousand?

... You forget we are dealing with a liberal here. It is not a matter of "need" for faith-less liberals. Rather a matter of "greed". One quick example, witness the factual numbers of liberals' traditionally very low charitable giving. In the liberals' belief system there is no Higher Power to believe in or fall back on in time of need. Therefore "enough" is never "enough".

[floriduh voter]

Sad about Jennings. The big c must have snuck up on him and by April, there was not much they could do. I think Reynolds stepped on something at the beach and caught a virus. I can't quite recall what happened to Frank.

Lookin' forward to your next tv appearance.

[MindBender26]

>Jennings died before his reputation caught up with him; Rather should have been so lucky. Brokaw tried to opt out of the unholy threesome by writing his book "The Greatest Generation."

Actually, no. Peter became very wrapped up with the "beautiful people" Barbara Streisand, the Clintons, et al in the early 90s. But four things turned him a bit around.

#1. He was disgusted with Clinton's self-serving admission that he had lied to all of us about Monica, but them blaming it all on us.

#2. His mother's passing allowed him to emotionally sever many of his Canadian ties and see things more as "an American."

#3. 9/11 affected him greatly. Remember, as a reporter in then sleepy Beirut in the late 60s, he knew all the original leaders of the new radical Islamic movements. He knew how dangerous they were. He and Tom Fenton had been warning about this type event for years. New York would not listen. Finally it had literally hit home.

#4. His children came of age. Peter had a "turbulent" personal life; many dozen women over the years. He didn't want his children to make the mistakes he did. Kayce was a stabilizing influence in his life.

Peter 2005 was very different than Peter 1995. Far from perfect, but much improved.

[Howlin]

I'm sorry this thread about your friend turned so ugly.