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Peter Jennings

Canadian-American broadcast journalist (1938–2005)

  • Fame55.6
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia18.7K
Source-basedFalling
Lived 1938–2005, aged 67United States
United StatesUnited StatesJournalistsJournalist
  • Wikipedia
    25 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1938–2005
    Aged 67
  • Known for
    Black Beauty
    1987
Summary
Updated 2026-06-13

Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings was a Canadian and American television journalist. He was best known for serving as the sole anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 2005. Despite dropping out of high school, Jennings transformed himself into one of American television's most prominent journalists.

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55.6
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Historical23.1
Now attention4.4
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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