Peter Jennings diagnosed with lung cancer (Wizbang)

The Houston Chronicle and AP are reporting the ABC World News Tonight anchor Peter Jennings has lung cancer.

Peter Jennings, sole anchor of ABC News since 1983, told colleagues and friends in an e-mail today that he has lung cancer.

"As you all know, this is a challenge,'' Jennings wrote. "I begin chemo-therapy next week. I will continue to do the broadcast. There will be good days and bad, which means that some days I may be cranky and some days really cranky!''

"He will begin outpatient treatment next week here in New York,'' said ABC News executive David Westin. "It's both Peter's and my expectation that he will anchor World News Tonight during the period of treatment to the extent he can do so comfortably; but, we should also expect him to be off the broadcast from time to time, depending on how he feels.''

Jennings, 66, has been feeling ill for the past several months and was replaced Saturday on coverage of the pope's death by anchor Charles Woodruff. He last anchored World News Tonight on Friday.

With the retirement of Brokaw, Rather, and soon Koppel, Jennings is the last of the network news titans on the air. Love him or hate him, I'm sure everyone wishes him a speedy (and complete) recovery.

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Comments (13)

This is some new meaning of... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Brainster | April 5, 2005 1:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Brainster:

This is some new meaning of the word "titans"?

Posted on April 5, 2005 13:01

Will Mr. Anti-America be go... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by shark | April 5, 2005 1:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

shark:

Will Mr. Anti-America be going to Canada to get socialized medical treatment?

Posted on April 5, 2005 13:07

This is like when I heard E... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by heymike | April 5, 2005 1:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

heymike:

This is like when I heard Elizabeth Edwards was diagnosed. I felt regret for all the names I called them up to that point!

Posted on April 5, 2005 13:18

Some bozo named McGehee say... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by Palmateer | April 5, 2005 1:28 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Palmateer:

Some bozo named McGehee says he is not sure if he takes pleasure in learning Jennings is sick.

Posted on April 5, 2005 13:28

Well, shark, given that he ... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by mcg | April 5, 2005 1:53 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

mcg:

Well, shark, given that he became a U.S. citizen not long ago, I think it's safe to say he'll stay here.

Posted on April 5, 2005 13:53

Some bozo named Palmateer k... (Below threshold)

6. Posted by McGehee | April 5, 2005 2:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

McGehee:

Some bozo named Palmateer keeps getting his facts wrong.

Posted on April 5, 2005 14:06

Chemo is much milder now th... (Below threshold)

7. Posted by bullwinkle | April 5, 2005 2:35 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

bullwinkle:

Chemo is much milder now than when I did it in the early 90's but I still feel a lot of sympathy for him or anyone else going through it. Get well soon Peter, so I can go back to really disliking your leftist Canaduh bullshit biased news reports.

Posted on April 5, 2005 14:35

You folks may have too much... (Below threshold)

8. Posted by Rosy O'D. | April 5, 2005 2:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Rosy O'D.:

You folks may have too much class to kick a man who is afflicted, but I think he brought it on himself. As I've said before,

"You know what happens to people who lie. They get sick and they get cancer."
Rosy O'D.

Posted on April 5, 2005 14:56

I wonder if he will 're-thi... (Below threshold)

9. Posted by julie | April 5, 2005 7:24 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

julie:

I wonder if he will 're-think' his position on Schiavo.

Posted on April 5, 2005 19:24

Yeah, a titan among anti-Am... (Below threshold)

10. Posted by HelenW | April 5, 2005 11:50 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

HelenW:

Yeah, a titan among anti-American bastards. Who was it that pondered whether our recent military efforts were successful simply because 5th columnists were effectively neutered?

I hope he lives without needing life support. Just a feeding tube. For about 15 years. I'll bring him ice chips. In a star-spangled cup.

Posted on April 5, 2005 23:50

He's almost certainly got m... (Below threshold)

11. Posted by -S- | April 6, 2005 7:15 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

-S-:

He's almost certainly got metastized cancer; otherwise, they'd remove a malignancy or malignancies, or even a lung and spot remove from the remaining one. No surgical attemtps and immediately after a diagnosis isn't a great sign.

Wish him well, more reason for everyong to just stop smoking everything. Even if you smoke a while when young and then quit, decades later you can still develop lung cancer (or cancer elsewhere but lungs and throat and tongue/mouth are the most likely).

Pretty terrible diagnosis, actually; I wish him the best. He can accomplish a good deal if he'll only start campaigning agains smoking.

Posted on April 6, 2005 07:15

And then share about the gr... (Below threshold)

12. Posted by -S- | April 6, 2005 7:16 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

And then share about the great medical care he's going to inevitably receive here in the U.S., contrary to what he'd receive in Canada or elsewhere.

Posted on April 6, 2005 07:16

I hope Jennings came to kno... (Below threshold)

13. Posted by Don | August 8, 2005 12:34 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Don:

I hope Jennings came to know the real Jesus Christ before he passed on and not the jesus he reported on in his ABC special a year or so back.

Posted on August 8, 2005 00:34

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