Peter Jennings

Peter Jennings

1938-07-29 – 2005-08-07 (age 67) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Biography

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.

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Known For

Murder in Monaco
Murder in Monaco

2025

as Self - News Anchor (archive footage)

Cola Wars
Cola Wars

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Two Men at War
Two Men at War

2022

as Self (archive footage)

RBG
RBG

2018

as Self (archive footage)

Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer
Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Jane Elliott Against the World
Jane Elliott Against the World

2026

as Self (Archive Footage)

Reversing Roe
Reversing Roe

2018

as Self (archive footage)

The Best That Never Was
The Best That Never Was

2010

as Self (Archive Footage)

The Last Party
The Last Party

1993

as Self

The White House Effect
The White House Effect

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?

2004

as Self (archive footage)

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
The Reagan Show
The Reagan Show

2017

as Self (archive footage)

The Soul of America
The Soul of America

2020

as Self (archive footage)

King Bibi
King Bibi

2018

as Self (archive footage)

Dark Legacy
Dark Legacy

2009

as Self (archive footage)