Aug. 7, 2006— -- A year ago today, World News Tonight anchor Peter Jennings died from lung cancer caused by smoking cigarettes. Jennings had long battled his nicotine addiction.

When Peter Jennings succumbed to lung cancer on Aug. 7, the world lost more than a news anchor; it lost an archetype. Above and beyond his contributions as a journalist, Jennings held an appeal in ...

Jan. 20, 2011— -- Five and a half years have passed since Peter Jennings, the longtime ABC News anchor and reporter (as he preferred to be known) died of lung cancer.By most measures, that's ...

ABC anchorman and senior editor Peter Jennings died Sunday of lung cancer at his New York home. He was 67. Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw reflects on his friend and former rival.

Peter Jennings was off the air for only four months, after the longtime ABC "World News Tonight" anchor told the public on April 5 that he had lung cancer. But his death Sunday had the sudden ...

Legendary anchorman Peter Jennings is being remembered on the tenth anniversary of his death.. ABC World News Now paid tribute with highlights, including one that was focused on the aftermath of ...

With the death this week of ABC's Peter Jennings following the recent resignations of CBS' Dan Rather and NBC's Tom Brokaw, the future of network news has been once again called into question.

ABC News anchor Peter Jennings died 15 years ago Aug. 7 at his home in New York City. Earlier that year, Jennings announced he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. He died weeks later at age 67.

The death of ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings underscores the end of an era. Jennings died Sunday of lung cancer at 67. With Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw, he dominated U.S. network news for two decades.

It was over a year ago, on Aug. 7, that Peter Jennings died of lung cancer. I reported a story on NBC Nightly News about the death of the famed ABC News anchor, my assignment a review of the links ...