[Mb-civic] ABC News Anchor Was a Voice of the World - Washington Post

[William Swiggard]

ABC News Anchor Was a Voice of the World

By Patricia Sullivan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 8, 2005; Page A01

Peter Jennings, 67, the urbane anchorman of ABC's evening newscast for 
the past 22 years, died yesterday at his home in New York, his network 
announced.

Jennings had not been on the air since April 5, when he revealed he had 
lung cancer. He had been conspicuously absent from the coverage of Pope 
John Paul II's funeral in Rome. A smoker until about 20 years ago, he 
said he relapsed under the pressure of Sept. 11, 2001, but later quit again.

The Canadian-born Jennings was a familiar face in millions of households 
for more than 40 years. His well-rounded tones, world-savvy air and 
matter-of-fact delivery led "World News Tonight" to the top of the 
ratings for 11 of the past 20 years, even as all the networks lost huge 
numbers of viewers to cable television, to the Internet and to the 
longer workdays and busier lives of those who used to watch the news 
over the family dinner.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/07/AR2005080701146.html

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