# Peter Jennings dead of lung cancer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-dead-of-lung-cancer/316076>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 8, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-dead-of-lung-cancer/316076 "2005-08-08T04:42:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-dead-of-lung-cancer/316076/1 "2005-08-08T04:42:39Z")

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Peter Jennings the news anchor has just died of lung cancer. Story [here.](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/07/jennings.obit/index.html)

I never saw him but clearly he was well-loved and respected by many people.

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-dead-of-lung-cancer/316076/2 "2005-08-08T04:55:22Z")

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Never mind, there’s another thread in cafe society about this.