ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings died today at his home in New York City. He was 67. On April 5, Jennings announced he had been diagnosed with lung cancer.
He is survived by his wife Kayce Freed, his two children, Elizabeth, 25, and Christopher, 23, and his sister Sarah Jennings. In an announcing Jennings’ death to his ABC colleagues, News President David Westin wrote:
“For four decades, Peter has been our colleague, our friend, and our leader in so many ways. None of us will be the same without him.
“As you all know, Peter learned only this spring that the health problem he’d been struggling with was lung cancer. With Kayce, he moved straight into an aggressive chemotherapy treatment. He knew that it was an uphill struggle. But he faced it with realism, courage, and a firm hope that he would be one of the fortunate ones. In the end, he was not.
“We will have many opportunities in the coming hours and days to remember Peter for all that he meant to us all. It cannot be overstated or captured in words alone. But for the moment, the finest tribute we can give is to continue to do the work he loved so much and inspired us to do.”
Jennings seemed to just go off the air last week. It was longer, but he has been a staple of ABC News for so long it seems much shorter. My condolences to Jennings’ family.
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I find no joy in his passing, but he was an enemy propagandist, and so neither can I mourn him. I will, however, do a little dance on the day that Dan Rather buys the farm, he was the chief enemy propagandist for years, and set the tone for the rest.
It’s just a shame that someone could rise to such a position of responsibility, and use it for dishonest purposes.
Comment by Improbulus Maximus — Monday, August 8, 2005 @ 1:48 am UTC