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Peter Jennings

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born

July 29, 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

died

August 07, 2005

gender

male

genre

Nonfiction

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Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM was a Canadian-American journalist and news anchor. He was the sole anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1983 until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer. A high-school dropout, he transformed himself into one of television's most prominent journalists.

Jennings started his career early, hosting a Canadian radio show at the age of nine. In 1965, ABC News tapped him to anchor its flagship evening news program. His inexperience marred his first short stint in the anchor chair, and Jennings became a foreign correspondent in 1968, honing his reporting skills in the Middle East.

He returned as one of World News Tonight's three anchors in 1978, and was promoted to the role of sole anchor i...more

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Books by Peter Jennings

Average rating: 4.00 · 172 ratings · 24 reviews · 19 distinct works

	The Century by Peter Jennings, Todd Brewster 4.23 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	My rating:
	In Search Of America 3.54 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1900 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Century for Young People by Peter Jennings, Todd Brewster 3.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Century for Young People: Becoming Modern America: 1901-1936 by Peter Jennings, Todd Brewster 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Benedict Xvi And Blessed John Henry Newman: The State Visit September 2010 The Official Record 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	The Century for Young People: Changing America: 1961-1999 by Peter Jennings, Todd Brewster 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Century for Young People: 1936-1961: Defining America by Peter Jennings, Todd Brewster 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Face To Face With The Turin Shroud 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Children Of The Troubles: Growing Up In Northern Ireland 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	The Pope In Ireland 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: