Legendary ABC News anchor Peter Jennings passed away exactly 10 years ago Friday, leaving behind a legacy spanning four decades. He died after a battle with lung cancer at the age of 67.

Legendary ABC News anchor Peter Jennings passed away exactly 10 years ago Friday, leaving behind a legacy spanning four decades. He died after a battle with lung cancer at the age of 67.

Legendary ABC News anchor Peter Jennings passed away exactly 10 years ago Friday, leaving behind a legacy spanning four decades. He died after a battle with lung cancer at the age of 67.

He was 67. Jennings was born in Canada and started reporting for ABC News in 1964. He was named anchor and senior editor of "World News Tonight" in 1983.

Peter Jennings, the suave, Canadian-born broadcaster who delivered the news to Americans each night in five separate decades, died today. He was 67.

He died last August at age 67 from lung cancer, four months after publicly disclosing his illness. Jennings first joined ABC News in 1964, anchoring "Peter Jennings with the News" from 1965 to 1967.

NEW YORK -- Peter Jennings, the suave, Canadian-born broadcaster who delivered the news to Americans each night in five separate decades, died Sunday. He was 67.

In 1978, ABC renamed its broadcast "World News Tonight," and instituted a three-person anchor team: Frank Reynolds based in Washington, Max Robinson from Chicago and Jennings, by then ABC's chief ...

In 1983, Jennings became the chief anchor for ABC’s World News Tonight, which took the lead in ratings during the late 1980s and early 1990s before being surpassed by Brokaw on NBC.