Short Bio
Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings who is shortly named as Peter Jennings who is a Canadian- American writer, TV hosts, and journalist by his profession. He was appointed as one and only the host of television news program of the channel i.e. ABC of the show named World News Tonight for twenty-two years until his death due to the lung cancer. He holds Canadian and American nationality and belongs to the family of white ethnicity.
Birth or Age
Peter Jennings was born on 29th of July 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the son of Mr. Charles Jennings and Mrs. Elizabeth Osborne Jennings. He is the elder son out of two children and has a younger sister named …show more content…
At the age of 11, Peter joined the college named Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario. Due to the transfer of his father in 1950 to its Ottawa headquarters, Jennings changed his college to Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, Canada. Peter worked at CJOH-TV in Ottawa, Canada, anchored a local newscast, on Saturday, hosted a teen dance show, and Saturdays Date. In 1965, Jennings was hired to anchor its flagship evening news program by ABC News channel. In 1968, Peter worked as a foreign correspondent due to reporting from Middle-East. Due to the imperfection (inexperience) in anchoring, he was criticized by other news television. In 1978, he developed into one of World News Tonight's three anchors and got promotion in 1983 of the role of a Sole anchor (host). He was also well-known for staying on the air for more than 15 hours for straight covering breaking news such as the Gulf War in 1991, the Millennium celebrations in 2000, and the September 11, 2001 attacks. He anchored many shows of ABC news channel such as moderated several American presidential debates and ABC News special reports. Then he had become a naturalized American citizen in 2003. He also authored (wrote) three books named The Century, The Century for Young People, and In Search of America. The century and The …show more content…
He was very open in sharing his personal life to his fans. In the very first, he married to Valerie Godsoe. But later, they got separated. Similarly, he got married to Anoushka Malauf after the long relationship. This marriage also did not last long and they got divorced. Again, he married to Kati Marton in 1979 until the year 1993 and got divorced with mutual understanding. At last, he married to Kayce Freed in the year 1997 until the death of Peter Jennings. Then after, he welcomed 2 daughters named Elizabeth Jennings who was born in 1979 and Christopher Jennings who was born in 1982. But, the children belong to which side of his marriage is not been revealed. Peter was very a determined person who was future-oriented and he also became an inspiration to countless of people all over the world. This is also the reason why he is remembered by the people until