Peter Jennings dies from lung-cancer

[Del]

"Starting in 1986, Jennings began a decade on top of the ratings. His international experience served him well explaining stories like the collapse of European communism, the first Gulf War and the terrorist bombing of an airplane over Lockerbie, Scotland. He took pride that “World News Tonight,” as its name suggested, took a more worldly view than its rivals. Fans responded to his smart, controlled style.

“When it’s clearly an emotional experience for the audience, the anchor should not add his or her emotional layers,” Jennings said in an interview with the Star Tribune in Minneapolis.

Two-thirds of local broadcasters responding to a 1993 survey by Broadcasting & Cable magazine said Jennings was the best network news anchor. Washington Journalism Review named him anchor of the year three straight years."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8864210/

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Not bad for a highschool dropout.

Rest in peace man, everyone who has delivered the news knows how brutal it can get. Have a latte in heaven for your trouble.

 

[Bront]

There's another post of this in the TV section, you can probably combine these threads.

 

[BSF]

Bummer. That's a shame but he had a solid career.

 

[Ranger REG]

He died too young. My condolences to his family and friends.

 

[Desdichado]

That is sad. He was by far my favorite of the anchormen.

Of course, competing with Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw made it easy for him, but he still always struck my wife and I as a solid fellow. We'll miss him.

 

[mythusmage]

From the speed it looks like he had an aggressive form of the disease. Didn't even give him time to get a lung transplant.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

From the speed it looks like he had an aggressive form of the disease. Didn't even give him time to get a lung transplant.

Or it was very advanced when the docs found it.

My condolences goes out to his family and friends. It was a surprise to me when I first heard about it about 15 mins ago on the local evening news.