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Peter Jennings left a fortune worth more than $50 million to his wife and two children, according to the ABC News anchor's will, the Daily News has learned. Jennings, 67, left the bulk of his estate in trust for his two children, Elizabeth, 25, and Christopher, 23, from his marriage to writer Kati Marton, according to the will, filed Wednesday in Manhattan Surrogate's Court. He left his Central Park West apartment to his widow, Kayce Freed, whom he wed in 1997, as well as a portion of his estate, as laid out in a prenuptial agreement the couple signed before...

Kathleen Carroll, second from left, Associated Press executive editor, and Tom Curly, center, Associated Press President, arrive at Carnegie Hall to attend a memorial service for ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings, who died of lung cancer on Aug. 7, New York, Tuesday Sept. 20 , 2005. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) Media executive Barry Diller arrives at New York's Carnegie Hall, Tuesday Sept. 20 , 2005, to attend a memorial service for ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings, who died of lung cancer on Aug. 7. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

On September 5, 1983, Peter Jennings took the helm of ABC’s World News Tonight as its sole anchor. While his bias during the recent Iraq war was obvious, it is only the latest example of the ABC anchor’s bias. As Jennings framed it, communism was more a phantom menace than a serious threat, and he’s similarly whitewashed the despicable record of terrorist groups such as Hizbullah. On the home front, he resented covering the Clinton scandals, portraying them as tedious sideshows, and billed Republicans as destructive and mean-spirited. Castigating Republicans – and the voters who dare to elect them. The...

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Im so glad Jennings is dead in hell! I couldn't stand listening to all that liberal pro freedom bable. Jennings was an evil wicked communist who touted evil values such as religious freedom, freedom of speech and racial equality which as Debbie Schlussel stated after 9/11 are all anethema to genuine western values and are the reason we were attacked! Do you not know that the constitution of the USSR guarentees freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of the press?! IT'S true! That's why they were EEEEEVILL! Ever since we've adopted those planks, our nation has fell...

Peter Jennings' Unfortunate LegacyBy Debbie SchlusselFrontPageMagazine.com | August 11, 2005 It's sad when anyone dies of cancer, but we cant' let the human side of the Peter Jennings story obscure his real "achievements."While the rest of the world is blindly singing Jennings' praises, here's a reality check: Peter Jennings did more for the cause of Islamic terrorism than any media figure today. And that's nothing to celebrate, honor, or even memorialize.It is no coincidence that al-Jazeera's chief Washington correspondent praised ABC -- and Jennings, in particular -- for their "objectivity." Before there was al-Jazeera, there was Peter Jennings.From the beginning...

There has never been a victim these liberals didn't use when convenient. Thus my emotions ran amok when I heard the lead-in during today's episode of Democracy Now! Hostess Amy Goodman began this segment with a “leading cigarette expert” and was going to discuss how “the tobacco industry helped kill Peter Jennings.”

When news of Peter Jennings death reached the masses yesterday morning, most were surprised and shocked, even though Jennings hadn't been on the air for four months, and was fighting incurable lung cancer. With Jenning's death, U.S. viewers are faced with the prospect of having neither Jennings, nor Tom Brokaw, nor Dan Rather sitting in a evening news anchor desk, for the first time since 1981. Why the fuss? Culturally, Jennings death is big news, no matter what one thought of the anchor's opinions or approach. Likely a liberal, Jennings was 'there' for us nonetheless covering the news that affected...

Peter Jennings was one of 170,000 Americans diagnosed with lung cancer each year. It is the most common form of cancer, responsible for 28 percent of all cancer deaths. Jennings died Sunday, at the age of 67. Treatments are few once lung cancer is diagnosed, but there is one very obvious, but often very difficult, way to reduce your risk of getting lung cancer -- quit smoking, reported WCVB-TV in Boston. News of Jennings' death has been a jolt for some smokers. "You hear about it all the time, it just never sinks in, but for some reason (Monday) it...

The suave, Canadian-born broadcaster delivered the news to Americans each night in five separate decades. He was there for every big story, be it war or weather. Jennings, who announced in April that he had lung cancer, died Sunday at his New York home, ABC News President David Westin (search) said in a statement. He was 67. "Peter has been our colleague, our friend, and our leader in so many ways," Westin said. "None of us will be the same without him." With Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather (search), Jennings was part of a triumvirate that dominated network news for...

On Monday, Michael Medved discussed how late Peter Jennings did not even finish high school... He did say that Jennings was urbane like...James Bond. Jennings did remind me of Roger Moore, who played James Bond until 1985... I was never a Peter Jennings fan though...

Statement by the President on Death of Peter Jennings Texas State Technical College Waco, Texas 9:52 A.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Laura and I were saddened to learn about the death of Peter Jennings. Peter Jennings had a long and distinguished career as a news journalist. He covered many important events, events that helped define the world as we know it today. A lot of Americans relied upon Peter Jennings for their news. He became a part of the lives of a lot of our fellow citizens, and he will be missed. May God bless his soul. Thank you. END...

Jihadi Journalist: The Real Peter Jennings By Debbie Schlussel While the rest of the world is blindly singing the praises of Peter Jennings, here's a reality check: Peter Jennings did more for the cause of Islamic terrorism than any media figure today. And that's nothing to celebrate, honor, or even memorialize. Before there was Al Jazeerah, there was Peter Jennings. From the beginning of Jennings career until his death, Jennings' biased coverage went beyond the pale, bending over backward in "understanding" the terrorists who hate us-- from seeing "their side" when he covered the seige and then murder of innocent...

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

The recent Dan Rather and Newsweek controversies hardly seem connected. But on closer examination, both incidents symbolize what has gone wrong with traditional news organizations. The old assumption was that opinion media — such as the National Review, The Nation and The New Republic — offer a slant on current events, but that major news outlets, outside of their designated opinion sections, do not. This commitment to disinterested reporting — and along with it the public's trust in mainstream media — has been shattered in recent years. It's easy to see why people no longer feel they can rely on...

Tin SoldierAn American Vigilante In Afghanistan, Using the Press for Profit and Glory By Mariah Blake In April 2004, a former U.S. Special Forces soldier named Jonathan Keith Idema started shopping a sizzling story to the media. He claimed terrorists in Afghanistan planned to use bomb-laden taxicabs to kill key U.S. and Afghan officials, and that he himself intended to thwart the attack. Shortly thereafter, he headed to Afghanistan, where he spent the next two months conducting a series of raids with his team, which he called Task Force Saber 7. By late June, he claimed to have captured the...

This is the demystification of illness, especially cancer. It is being demystified by the number of people who have lately come forward to tell people they were ill and to ask for their help. Tony Snow of Fox is one, Peter Jennings of ABC another. Melissa Etheridge came out at the recent Grammy Awards and rocked the house with her brilliance, energy and bald-from-chemo head. And there is Laura Ingraham. Laura was, as pretty much everyone who reads this column knows, recently diagnosed with breast cancer. At first, like everyone in such circumstances, she was shocked. Then she did an...

April 6, 2005 -- Peter Jennings will immediately receive chemotherapy for his battle with lung cancer which could indicate the possibility that the ABC anchor has an aggressive type of cancer or one that has already spread. There are two types of lung cancer: small cell and non-small cell and they are treated differently, said Dr. Avi Barbasch, who sits on the board of directors of the American Cancer Society's Eastern Division. "If it's localized and small-cell type, the primary treatment is chemotherapy and it potentially can cure it," Barbasch said.

ABC seemed ahead of the other networks in looking at Pope John Paul II's legacy through the prism of American liberals who see him as too conservative by U.S. political standards. Before he even passed away, ABC's Peter Jennings insisted that the Pope "was, of course, controversial here. Some American Catholics have chaffed at his insistence that they follow the Church's traditional social doctrines." Dean Reynolds cited "abortion, birth control, women priests" as issues which have "all driven a wedge between the Vatican and America." Less than two hours after ABC News reported the Pope's death on Saturday afternoon, anchor...

Wherever Jesse Jackson goes the media usually follow and on Tuesday the cable news networks highlighted his arrival outside the Florida hospice care facility holding Terri Schiavo, but the day Jackson took the side of those wishing to save Schiavo, and put a Democratic face with those on the side of her life, ABC's World News Tonight suddenly found the whole matter unnewsworthy. For the fist time in more than ten days, the newscast had no Schiavo story and didn't utter a syllable about Jackson, but Peter Jennings found time to pick up on a liberal cause celebre, abuse of...