# Peter Jennings has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064 "2005-08-08T03:39:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/1 "2005-08-08T03:39:42Z")
Just announced on Headline News. A big loss to the news industry. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/2 "2005-08-08T03:43:10Z")
Holy shit. He wasn’t even that old. RIP, Peter. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/3 "2005-08-08T03:44:27Z")
At 67! When you get to be my age that is really distressing. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/4 "2005-08-08T03:45:13Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/5 "2005-08-08T03:53:36Z")
Wow…him I liked. Via con Dios, Peter. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/6 "2005-08-08T04:12:50Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/7 "2005-08-08T04:15:30Z")
He sure went quick. I think it was only last year that he announced he had cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/8 "2005-08-08T04:26:23Z")
This was sudden. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/9 "2005-08-08T04:26:44Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > He sure went quick. I think it was only last year that he announced he had cancer. It was four months ago. ---
**Author:** ![souroranges](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@souroranges](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/souroranges)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/10 "2005-08-08T04:34:37Z")
[According to the Associated Press](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8864210/) Reporting in the news industry can be a **VERY** stressful job; but he handled it with absolute professionalism and grace. **RIP** Mr. Jennings ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/11 "2005-08-08T04:34:55Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/12 "2005-08-08T04:53:53Z")
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](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. ---
**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, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/13 "2005-08-08T05:05:08Z")
How long do you think it’s going to take for PETER JENNINGS IS IN HELL!!! to grace Fred Phelps’ ludicrous site? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/14 "2005-08-08T05:18:32Z")
bah this sux ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/15 "2005-08-08T06:44:33Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/16 "2005-08-08T10:29:58Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/17 "2005-08-08T10:34:45Z")
Damn. I used to watch rebroadcasts of _World News Tonight_ in the 1990s. Sad, sad news indeed. RIP, Mr. Jennings. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/18 "2005-08-08T10:34:55Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/19 "2005-08-08T10:35:39Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064/20 "2005-08-08T11:13:47Z")
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. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jennings-has-died/316064.md?page=2)