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.

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.

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.

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

Feb, 21, 2006 -- Peter Jennings has now been linked permanently to the New York neighborhood he called home, as the Manhattan street where he worked for decades has been renamed in his honor.

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 ...