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  Peter Jennings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jennings died of lung cancer on the evening of August 7, 2005 at the age of 67.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Jennings was the son of Charles Jennings, the first news anchor and head of the news department at the CBC.
Jennings was a dual citizen of Canada and the United States, having become an American citizen on May 30, 2003.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_Jennings   (2159 words)

  
 Jennings, Peter
Jennings was ten years old when he received his first anchor job for Peter's Program, a Saturday morning radio show which showcased young talent.
In this competitive environment, Jennings' was unable to break through and establish a strong share for ABC News.
Jennings was credited with establishing the first American television news bureau in the Middle East and served for seven years as ABC News Bureau Chief in Beirut, Lebanon.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/J/htmlJ/jenningspet/jenningspet.htm   (957 words)

  
 Peter Jennings, ABC News Anchor, Dies at 67 - New York Times
Jennings had disclosed that he was suffering from lung cancer on April 5, first in a written statement released by ABC and later that night on "World News Tonight," the evening news broadcast that he had led since September 1983.
Jennings, his voice scratchy, told viewers that he hoped to return to the anchor desk as his health and strength permitted.
Jennings had, in the early 1980's, ushered in the era of the television news anchor as lavishly compensated, globe-trotting superstar.
www.nytimes.com /2005/08/08/business/media/08jennings_obit.html?ex=1281153600&en=0cf6263b1cdfab27&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss   (880 words)

  
 Peter Jennings
After several years reporting for ABC, Jennings anchored the network's nightly newscast from 1965-68, when he was deemed gravitas-challenged against his much older rivals, Walter Cronkite on CBS and Huntley-Brinkley on NBC.
Opening a bureau in Lebanon, the first such in the entire Arab world, brought unjust criticism that he was "anti-Israeli." Jennings snagged the first interview with Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini, and accompanied the Imam on his triumphant return to Tehran after the Shah of Iran fled the country.
In March 2005 Jennings was diagnosed with lung cancer, almost certainly resulting from a heavy smoking habit which he ceased in the 1980s.
www.nndb.com /people/310/000022244   (394 words)

  
 CBC News Indepth: Peter Jennings
Many Canadian viewers knew of Jennings' deep roots in their country – that he was born in Toronto, that he began his broadcasting career in Canada; that his ABC newscast always seemed to have more "Can-Con" than the other U.S. networks.
Jennings maintained a cottage in Quebec's Gatineau Hills and kept in touch with former colleagues in Ottawa.
Peter Jennings is survived by his wife, Kayce, and two children from a previous marriage.
www.cbc.ca /news/obit/jennings_peter   (1277 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Peter Jennings pics
Jennings was the ABC News Bureau Chief in Beirut, Lebanon, for seven years, where he established the first American television news bureau in the Middle East.
In 1991, Jennings dethroned Dan Rather as the king of the evening news during the Gulf War, thanks to his extensive knowledge of the area (Jennings was one of the only ones from the Western front who got to interview Saddam Hussein).
Jennings was formerly married to Valerie Godsoe, followed by Annie Malouf, and his wife of 14 years, Kati Morton (with whom he has two children, Elizabeth and Christopher).
www.askmen.com /men/business_politics/39c_peter_jennings.html   (871 words)

  
 Jennings Home Page
Jennings has been and continues to be the world leader in the design and manufacture of PTFE Ram Extruders.
Jennings has a state of the art machining and fabrication facility.
To complement our existing CNC Department, Jennings has recently added a state of the art Mitsubishi Laser for the processing of sheet and light plate, as well as a Mazak Vertical Machining Center, which is capable of machining platens up to 55" by 79".
www.jenningsinternational.com   (324 words)

  
 Jennings dies at potential career peak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jennings, his voice already strained by the effects of the lung cancer, continued to work from behind the scenes – most often at home – to shape the broadcast he loved so much.
Jennings reminded his "WNT" colleagues that London is a city that many Americans know well and that the broadcast should make it abundantly clear where each of the attacks were located.
Jennings was no empty suit; he had lived and reported abroad, interviewed every world leader of the last several decades and had shown great courage as a reporter and not only in Vietnam during the war.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001010942   (832 words)

  
 CBC Arts: TV anchor Peter Jennings dies at age 67
Jennings was known for his smooth and reassuring delivery from the most important desk at ABC News headquarters in New York.
Jennings also expected the same thoroughness from his colleagues, said CBC-TV's Gillian Findlay, who spent eight years as a foreign correspondent for ABC News in Russia and the Middle East.
Jennings regularly made a place for Canadian news on ABC and was also a pioneer for the many Canadians now working on U.S. television, Lloyd Robertson, the longtime anchor for CTV News, told the Canadian Press.
www.cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2005/08/08/Arts/jennings-dies-050808.html?ref=rss   (1422 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Home - Jennings loses cancer battle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jennings died at his Manhattan home, his dream of beating the disease and returning to the anchor's desk ending as he was surrounded by his wife, Kayce Freed, and his family.
Jennings broke the news April 5 on ABC's "World News Tonight" that he had been diagnosed, blaming the disease on a longtime cigarette habit, which he had kicked but started again after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Jennings' ABC colleague Barbara Walters said she was stunned and saddened.
www.nydailynews.com /front/story/335475p-286576c.html   (614 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Obituary: Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings was the face of America's ABC News, both as anchor and correspondent, for more than 40 years, covering events from the Vietnam war to 9/11.
Peter Jennings was born in Toronto, in 1938.
As the third-placed news network, ABC had decided to concentrate on young viewers, and the fresh-faced and handsome Jennings was soon promoted to anchor the evening news, where he debuted on 1 February 1965.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/4131006.stm   (571 words)

  
 FrontPage magazine.com :: Peter Jennings' Unfortunate Legacy by Debbie Schlussel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jennings mentioned absolutely nothing about Hamdi's disturbing activities, but did note that Hamdi was his friend and repeatedly featured Hamdi in post-9/11 ABC News broadcasts.
While Jenning's death is a human tragedy, it is sad that his despicable brand of advocacy journalism -- parading as "news" -- wasn't laid to rest along with him.
Jennings' legacy is helping advance the cause of Islamic terrorists on broadcast television, parading it as news.
www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19098   (909 words)

  
 CBS News | Newsman Jennings Dead At 67 | August 8, 2005 23:17:09
Jennings, who announced in April that he had lung cancer, passed away at his New York home, ABC News President David Westin said.
With CBS News' Dan Rather (video) and NBC News' Tom Brokaw, Jennings was part of a triumvirate of evening news broadcast anchors who dominated U.S. network news for more than two decades, through the birth of cable news and the Internet.
Jennings was the face of ABC News whenever a big story broke.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/08/08/entertainment/main763733.shtml   (709 words)

  
 CNN.com - Peter Jennings has lung cancer - Apr 6, 2005
Jennings, known for always being immaculately dressed and coiffed, is to begin chemotherapy Monday.
The spokesman said Jennings had been feeling ill for the past couple of months and underwent a number of tests before the diagnosis was made.
In 1965, when he was 26, Jennings was chosen to anchor "The ABC Evening News." Two years later, he told his bosses he needed more seasoning and returned to field reporting, said CNN correspondent Jeff Greenfield, a former ABC News employee.
edition.cnn.com /2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/05/jennings.cancer   (856 words)

  
 ANTHONY BUCKERIDGE and Jennings
In the foreground are Jennings and Darbishire, with scarves of white and cyclamen pink, draped around their necks.
This free use of ambiguity, alliteration, unplanned puns is then added to by the onomatopoeia of the noises Buckeridge invents for the sounds made by the clanking machines as they produce their cacophony of noise on the way to Dunhambury.
Thus, in one Jennings story, the members of Dormitory 6 are enchanted by the concept of Mathematics being a language of its own and simulate being professors of that subject gabbling away in signs and co-sines and squares on the hypotenuse.
www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com /jennings.html   (2121 words)

  
 Peter Jennings on War and Terrorism -- Media Research Center -- MRC Spotlight
Jennings was at it again, claiming there was “no consensus about war.” A “town meeting” Jennings hosted at the Portland, Ore. ABC affiliate was proof.
Jennings noted that most Americans were convinced by Secretary of State Colin Powell’s U.N. speech, so he highlighted how people in many Arab countries that are supporting the U.S. on Iraq are upset.
Peter Jennings led his newscast with "the inspectors want more time to do their job." Both CBS and NBC led their programs with the fact that Iraq has failed to comply with the United Nations resolution.
www.mediaresearch.org /mrcspotlight/jennings/welcome.asp   (2969 words)

  
 Peter Jennings on the Iraq War
Jennings consistently put the focus where it should have been and not on sideshows served up for public distraction, to the everlasting shame of several leading print outlets, not to mention a tidy number of academic and government experts.
ABC’s Peter Jennings took advantage of the time after President Bush’s press conference to complain that the President is not listening to UN inspectors or allies.
Peter Jennings and ABC were worried about a comment, attributed to President Bush, that the President would have Saddam assassinated if he had the chance.
www.commondreams.org /views05/0808-25.htm   (1390 words)

  
 ABC News: Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings was the anchor and senior editor of ABC's "World News Tonight," where he established a reputation for independence and excellence in broadcast journalism.
Jennings led the network's coverage of the Sept. 11 attacks and America's subsequent war on terrorism.
Jennings established the first American television news bureau in the Arab world in 1968 when he served as ABC News' bureau chief for Beirut, Lebanon, a position he held for seven years.
abcnews.go.com /WNT/story?id=126542   (1113 words)

  
 CNN.com - Peter Jennings dies of lung cancer - Aug 8, 2005
Jennings said he was determined to fight the disease, citing National Cancer Institute statistics that nearly 10 million Americans are living with cancer.
Jennings was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1938.
Jennings became a foreign correspondent for the network, covering such stories as the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, when members of the Arab terrorist group Black September seized the Israeli compound and took athletes hostage and later killed them.
www-cgi.cnn.com /2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/07/jennings.obit   (1206 words)

  
 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Waylon Jennings
Born Waylon Arnold Jennings in Littlefield, Texas, he learned to play guitar, formed his own band, and was a DJ on a local radio station by the time he was 12.
Jennings was devastated and returned to Lubbock where he worked as a DJ.
As a solo artist, Jennings scored big on both the country and pop charts with "Luckenback, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" and made his presence known as part of the success of the hit TV series The Dukes of Hazzard, for which he also wrote the theme song.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200599   (1206 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - World leaders, network competitors remember Jennings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jennings was the last of the modern-day Big Three network anchors — NBC's Tom Brokaw retired in December 2004 and CBS' Dan Rather stepped down in March.
From left, Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather at the Museum of Television and Radio's 2004 gala.
Jennings made up for his like of formal schooling with intense curiosity and becoming a student of the world, studying cultures and their people for the rest of his life.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-08-08-jennings-natural-anchor_x.htm   (793 words)

  
 NPR : Lyfe Jennings, from Prison to the Apollo Theater
Proof that there's power in a second chance, Jennings hit the ground running after he was released from prison in 2002.
Jennings went on to win Apollo's talent competition five times, and sealed a deal with Columbia Records.
Jennings is tough to categorize -- he may look like a rapper, but he plays guitar like a folk singer and croons like Motown.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4722436   (392 words)

  
 Peter Jennings: The ABCs of Bias
Jennings was introduced to Ashrawi's parents and sisters and became part of her circle of friends.
Jennings dismissed the continual barrage of thousands of Palestinian terror attacks against Israelis, not only before, but also since the 72 Olympics.
Jennings' coverage of the tragedies of both parties, particularly the Palestinians, who so often receive inadequate media attention, contributes to a more accurate understanding by Americans of the conflict in the Middle East.
www.honestreporting.com /articles/45884734/critiques/Peter_Jennings_The_ABCs_of_Bias.asp   (1024 words)

  
 Jennings
Jennings, the parish seat of Jefferson Davis Parish, is a city that boomed when oil was discovered nearby in 1901 but that now has a diverse economic base.
Jennings and Jeff Davis Parish have much to offer tourists who either decide to zip off Interstate 10 for a short visit or want to travel through the area at a more leisurely pace.
All of the merchandise was kept by the owners and ultimately donated to the City of Jennings, which established the museum.
www.lsue.edu /acadgate/jennings.htm   (1115 words)

  
 The Family History of William Jennings I (1702-c.1774)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In it William Jennings and William Pulliam witnessed a deed of Christopher Smith of Hanover to Patterson Pulliam for land in Spotsylvania.
Agnes Jennings, the daughter of William Jennings and Mary Jane Pulliam, was born in 1727.
A note from Joseph Jennings and Samuel Thompson dated 12 April 1779 requested the license and said, “Sarah is of that age and Capable to act for herself with Respect to marriage.” This Joseph Jennings was probably Joseph Jennings and Samuel Thompson was his brother-in-law, the husband of Anne Jennings.
www.virginians.com /topics/410.htm   (8416 words)

  
 The cult of Ken Jennings (kottke.org)
Various news articles have stated that Ken Jennings, the Jeopardy contestant who has won 31 straight games and $1 million, is back in Utah after taping the currently airing episodes months ago, implying that he lost at some point (neither Jennings nor Jeopardy employees can reveal any details about future Jeopardy episodes).
And then, on January 17, 2026, Jennings loses to a young woman from Ohio (they later marry) by $1 on a Final Jeopardy question about the short-lived talk show Cooking with JK Rowling and Jay-Z. Many die.
Jennings retires to Utah, now wholly owned by the Church of Jennings, Inc. And very gradually, people adjust to a world without Ken Jennings as reigning Jeopardy champion.
www.kottke.org /04/07/ken-jennings-jeopardy   (611 words)

  
 Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | Waylon Jennings 1937-2002
Waylon Jennings, who died on Wednesday at his home in Chandler, Ariz., was the first musician to bring real attitude to country music.
Jennings, who was suffering from diabetes and had recently had a foot amputated, was 64.
Jennings was booked to be on the plane but gave up his seat at the last minute to J.D. Richardson, the Big Bopper.
www.salon.com /ent/music/feature/2002/02/14/waylon_obit?x   (532 words)

  
 CMT.com : Waylon Jennings : Biography
It was Jennings who gave up his seat to the Big Bopper (J. Richardson) on the doomed 1959 plane flight that took the lives of Holly, Richardson, and singer Ritchie Valens.
While Jennings was selling albums in numbers previously associated with rock stars, his excessive lifestyle also resembled those of many rock icons.
Jennings won election to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001 and died on February 13, 2002.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/jennings_waylon/bio.jhtml   (785 words)

  
 Hughie Jennings | BaseballLibrary.com
Operating within and outside the rules, Jennings and teammates John McGraw, Willie Keeler, Joe Kelley, and Wilbert Robinson were the scourge of opponents and umpires.
Upon leaving the Tigers, Jennings was signed by former Oriole teammate John McGraw as a coach and assistant manager with the Giants.
In the role of right-hand man, Jennings was a part of four consecutive pennant-winning clubs (1921-24).
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/J/Jennings_Hughie.stm   (1797 words)

  
 Jennings Kansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Valleys of Prairie Dog Creek and the north fork of the Solomon River drew settlers in the area that became South Decatur County.
The city of Jennings was laid out in 1888 and was designated an Incorporated town in 1906, with a Mayor-Council type Government.
A revival of emphasis on the Czech Heritage of Jennings was effected in 1965, with the beginning of an annual Kolache Festival.
www.oberlinkansas.org /towns/jennings.html   (681 words)

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