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Peter Jennings

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67 Years Old

Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings CM was a Canadian-born American television journalist who served as the sole anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 2005. Jennings was one of the "Big Three" news anchormen, along with Tom Brokaw of NBC and Dan Rather of CBS, who dominated American evening network news from the early 1980s until his death in 2005, which closely followed the retirements from anchoring evening news programs of Brokaw in 2004 and Rather in 2005.

Born

Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 29th July 1938

Died

7th August 2005

All Credits

The Daily Show Image
The Daily Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Image
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Great Performances Image
Great Performances
Host
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Image
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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The Tony Danza Show
Self
Explained Image
Explained
Self (archive footage)
The Nineties Image
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)
King Bibi Image
King Bibi
Self (archive footage)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show Image
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
World News Tonight with David Muir Image
World News Tonight with David Muir
Self - Anchor
RBG Image
RBG
Self (archive footage)
Cola Wars Image
Cola Wars
Self (archive footage)
The Devil Next Door Image
The Devil Next Door
Self(archive footage)
Two Men at War Image
Two Men at War
Self (archive footage)
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Search for Jesus Image
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Search for Jesus
Host
The Last Party Image
The Last Party
Self
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer Image
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer
Self - News Anchor (archive footage)
In Winter Image
In Winter
Self
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone Image
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Self (archive footage)
Reversing Roe Image
Reversing Roe
Self (archive footage)
JFK: Breaking the News Image
JFK: Breaking the News
Self (archive footage)
The Century: America's Time Image
The Century: America's Time
Self - Presenter
Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer Image
Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer
Self (archive footage)
The White House Effect Image
The White House Effect
Self (archive footage)
The Soul of America Image
The Soul of America
Self (archive footage)
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media Image
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Self (uncredited)
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? Image
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Self (archive footage)
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration Image
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self
The Reagan Show Image
The Reagan Show
Self (archive footage)
JFK II: The Bush Connection Image
JFK II: The Bush Connection
Self - ABC News Reporter
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy Image
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy
Host
The Century Image
The Century
Self - Narrator
Dark Legacy Image
Dark Legacy
Self (archive footage)
American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election Image
American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election
Self (archive footage)
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty Image
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
Narrator (voice)
A Line In The Sand War Or Peace With Peter Jennings Image
A Line In The Sand War Or Peace With Peter Jennings
Self
No Image
The In In Winter
Self
Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs - Seeing Is Believing Image
Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs - Seeing Is Believing
Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped Image
Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped
Host