Posted on 08/06/2005 7:30:06 PM PDT by MindBender26
Edited on 08/07/2005 8:45:47 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
From friends at ABC; Peter Jennings is near death. This is unconfirmed, but from usually reliable sources.
The ABC anchor, who was born in Canada but became a US citizen, announced a few months ago that he was suffering from lung cancer. He has not made a televised appearance since.
Thoughts and prayers to Peter, his Family, and his loved ones.
Prayers for your loss as well, may God comfort you and your family.
Prayers for him.
Please leave. Go to your smoking posts.
Do you know his religion.. You are sick
How is Laura doing, by the way? Prayers for Peter Jennings and his family. Cancer is a horrible way to go. If he needs it, may he have the grace to be reconciled with God in these final moments, and may those he leaves behind be comforted.
Did you not see the intent of this thread? Pls take your comments to your own thread. Thanks.
My most enduring memory of him was his role in an on-air "report from the scene" that turned out to be one of the funniest moments in the history of television news . . .
Interview with "Robert Higgins" from the Scene of OJ's White Bronco Episode
prayer bump
I'm giving him prayers, but I'm not overlooking his anti-American behavior in this world.
"...as Jesus taught us to pray."
Amen to that.
Lung cancer like Jennings has can eat you up pretty fast. Only recently, Warren Zevon and George Harrison were recording music only weeks before they succumbed. Prayers for Jennings and his family.
My Dad (62)was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma at almost exactly the same time as Mr. Jenning's "farewell" broadcast.
He passed away last Saturday.
Many prayers for his family...it is a very rough road.
Perfect prayer for such a time. Thanks, Faith.
I must say this thread --and just about everyone who has posted-- are showing why FR is a first-class operation. I can only imagine what they'd be saying over at DU if this were some conservative host (what am I saying, they started in with Laura Ingraham until John Edwards' wife lit into them).
As some of you know, Mr.FF works at the ABC-network. This weekend he's working (unusual for him to work weekends) doing news. He didn't say anything about this on Saturday but he left work around noon, apparently before there was dire news. Now I can prepare him before he goes in this morning.
From a professional standpoint, Mr.FF has always had wonderful things to say about what a nice person Peter is. If he had the evening network news on I'd always get annoyed, really after the 2000 election, that Peter didn't do a great job of hiding his bias and could be really snarky. But Mr.FF has a different perspective and I expect he will be quite upset.
About a month ago, we were at a bbq with some of his friends from ABC. The most recent word around ABC was that Peter's cancer was stage-4 and he would not be back, Charlie and Liz "filling in" notwithstanding. I've posted a couple of times about it.
I don't wish cancer on anyone. I pray for God's will to be done and for Peter and his family.
Please look at the post I received in 152.....those were the comments I was talking about.
So back off me.
I'm sorry to hear that. Prayers for your dad.
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