Longtime news anchor Peter Jennings succumbed to lung cancer yesterday.
Peter Jennings, the suave, Canadian-born broadcaster who delivered the news to Americans each night in five separate decades, died Sunday. He was 67.Jennings, who announced in April that he had lung cancer, died at his New York home. A smoker until about 20 years ago, Jennings once said he relapsed under the pressure of Sept. 11, 2001, but later quit again.
Charles Gibson announced the death of his colleague on ABC television just after 10:30 p.m. CDT.
As noted earlier, most such victims don't survive this deadly disease. Don't ever smoke. If you do, just stop, whatever it takes.
Posted by Alan at August 8, 2005 06:32 AM