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Peter Jennings

1938 - 2005

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Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) 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. Jennings started his career early, hosting a Canadian radio show at age 9. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Jennings is the 119th most popular journalist (down from 118th in 2019), the 657th most popular biography from Canada (down from 627th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Peter Jennings ranks 119 out of 196. Before him are Steven Sotloff, Arbana Xharra, Don McCullin, Bianca Maria Piccinino, Kenji Nagai, and Carol Thatcher. After him are Catherine Leroy, Sara Carbonero, Margarita Simonyan, Bogna Koreng, Peter Travers, and Sydney Schanberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Peter Jennings ranks 553. Before him are Allen Toussaint, Dietrich Stobbe, Yevgeni Mayorov, Marjatta Kajosmaa, Neil Abercrombie, and Paul Bartel. After him are Geoff Murphy, Hoyt Axton, Eleanor Bron, Lester Bird, Jean Taillandier, and Lorraine Crapp. Among people deceased in 2005, Peter Jennings ranks 326. Before him are Kazimierz Lipień, Lee Eun-ju, Ernest Lehman, Stanley Sadie, M. Scott Peck, and Long John Baldry. After him are Keith Andes, Christopher Fry, Robert Creeley, Nikolai Puchkov, Misael Escuti, and August Wilson.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Peter Jennings ranks 657 out of 1,622. Before him are Aileen Meagher (1910), Maureen Forrester (1930), Melody Anderson (1955), Calvin Bricker (1884), Alberta Watson (1955), and Lorne Loomer (1937). After him are Tom Mulcair (1954), James Tupper (1965), Barbara Parkins (1942), Devin Townsend (1972), Bert McCaffrey (1893), and Tom Taylor (1880).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Canada

Among journalists born in Canada, Peter Jennings ranks 1. After him are Lauren Southern (1995).

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