Peter Jennings has died

Just announced on Headline News.

A big loss to the news industry.

Holy shit. He wasn’t even that old.

RIP, Peter.

At 67! When you get to be my age that is really distressing.

Wow… that’s just… wow…

Along with Brokaw and Rather, he was the news anchor. I didn’t know anyone other than those three. Truly the end of an era.

RIP

Wow…him I liked.

Via con Dios, Peter.

Lung cancer.

I was just flipping around on the news networks and one of them said that Jennings had quit smoking in his 40’s but started again on 9/11.

He sure went quick. I think it was only last year that he announced he had cancer.

This was sudden.

It was four months ago.

According to the Associated Press

Reporting in the news industry can be a VERY stressful job; but he handled it with absolute professionalism and grace. RIP Mr. Jennings

He was the man in our living room at 6:00 for many years. A loss, indeed.

An interesting statistic. He logged in 60 hours on the air the week of 9/11.

Wow.

As other have said, it does seem to be the passing of an era and geez he was young.

For those who didn’t know, he was a high school dropout who really made the big time.
(I just made a posting in a GQ thread which has morphed into “famous dropouts”)
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6450365#post6450365

Incidentally, he was born in Canada and eventually became a US citizen.

RIP Mr Jennings.

How long do you think it’s going to take for PETER JENNINGS IS IN HELL!!! to grace Fred Phelps’ ludicrous site?

bah

this sux

:frowning:

I’m 25 years old, and he was the news anchor I liked the best since I can remember liking the news. This is sad.

Too bad- he seemed a decent fellow. So this year, the anchor chairs of ABC, CBS, and NBC all have turned over. I can’t believe that’s happened before.

Damn. I used to watch rebroadcasts of World News Tonight in the 1990s. Sad, sad news indeed. RIP, Mr. Jennings. :frowning:

I liked him. I trusted him–unlike most other news anchors. He was (I suppose) the Walter Cronkite for a certain generation–myself included. I would watch him over Rather or the other one (see?).

Damn–and he was young. Very young.
Godspeed, Mr. Jennings–you were well thought of in your time.

He was my favorite of the three. My mother died of lung cancer, and I know how devistating that can be. My prayers and sympathies for his family and friends.

I generally despise anchors/talking heads, etc., but I actually liked him. He was cool in the pocket and never over-dramatic. I also enjoyed The Century.

RIP, Mr. Jennings. :frowning: