I know this is a site for reviews now, but I can't not say something about this. When I was a child, my father watched Peter Jennings on ABC News. To me, this was the face of news. I remember back in the early 90's, he did a special on Iraq, walking around on a giant map of the middle east. I don't remember much of it now, but I remember he seemed to explain it in a way I got. Me, a kid, understanding what was going on in the Gulf War. That was how Peter Jennings did his thing.
Even over the past few years, he still to me was the voice of news. Nothing really felt true, or like important news, until I saw him say it. I think seeing him shaken over 9/11 affected me more than I thought possible. He was my rock. He was the news.
Peter Jennings died late Sunday night of lung cancer. Back in April, he announced that he had the disease, but he seemed okay with it. Like he felt he was going to beat it. And he still stayed with ABC News as an editor for the time he couldn't be anchor. But lung cancer moves fast. He was the best looking 67 I've ever seen.
