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Peter Jennings
Deceased

How Did Peter Jennings Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 67
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn29/07/1938Born inToronto, Ontario, CanadaDied07/08/2005 (aged 67)Died inManhattanCauselung cancerWikidataQ354540 ↗Buried atBeechwood CemeteryTMDb#553221 ↗

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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Filmography30 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2026Jane Elliott Against the WorldMovieSelf (Archive Footage)88
2025Murder in MonacoMovieSelf - News Anchor (archive footage)87
2024The White House EffectMovieSelf (archive footage)86
2024Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. SoccerMovieSelf (archive footage)86
2022Two Men at WarMovieSelf (archive footage)84
2020The Soul of AmericaMovieSelf (archive footage)82
2019Cola WarsMovieSelf (archive footage)81
2018ExplainedSeriesSelf (archive footage)80
2018Reversing RoeMovieSelf (archive footage)80
2018RBGMovieSelf (archive footage)80
2018King BibiMovieSelf (archive footage)80
2017The NinetiesSeriesSelf (archive footage)79
2017The Reagan ShowMovieSelf (archive footage)79
2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneMovieSelf (archive footage)78
2010The Best That Never WasMovieSelf (Archive Footage)72
2004The Tony Danza ShowSeriesSelf66
2004Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?MovieSelf (archive footage)66
2004American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential ElectionMovieSelf (archive footage)66
2003ABC's 50th Anniversary CelebrationMovieSelf65
2003JFK II: The Bush ConnectionMovieSelf - ABC News Reporter65
2003JFK: Breaking the NewsMovieSelf (archive footage)65
1996The Daily ShowSeriesSelf58
1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSeriesSelf58
1993The Last PartyMovieSelf55
1993Late Show with David LettermanSeriesSelf55
1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries—54
1992Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the MediaMovieSelf (uncredited)54
1991A Line In The Sand War Or Peace With Peter JenningsMovieSelf53
1971Great PerformancesSeriesHost33
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeriesSelf24