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.
I hope we keep the focus on Mr. Jennings and his family's loss.
Condolences to you and prayers for Mr. Jennings family and friends.
I suspect the article is on the website because of Mr. Jennings.
Yes. I went to ABC, saw it there and thought the same thing.
My brother-in-law who never smoked was diagnosed of lung cancer and succumbed withing 4 or 5 months. He was hardly ever sick before that. We believe the second hand smoke in his office was responsible.
I remember reading a stat that only 1 in 5 smokers get lung cancer, for non-smokers it is something like 1 in 25.
You do not have to be a smoker to have lung cancer. We lost a very close friend from second hand smoke lung cancer. It can happen.
Andy Kaufmann died of lung cancer, around the age of 32 or 33. Supposedly he'd never smoked a day in his life.
Sure is. I've done it at least a hundred times.
From what Mr.FF has told me, Peter smoked in his younger days but quit (don't know when). After 9/11 unfortunately he went back to it, but I believe the damage had already been done. I'm sure he and his family have known the prognosis for a while now, but it's still going to be difficult for them.
I fear he will soon be a believer in God .... the hard way. Hope he has a chance, before it is too late.
Has nothing to do with class Gabz, it has everything to do with biting one's tongue....hard. I'll not throw any mud on PJ, but I won't become part of the lovefest either. The man was a hired gun for the left, but like I said in an earlier post, I hope he asks, and receives, God's forgiveness.
FGS
I join in prayer for Peter Jennings and all his loved ones!
Agree with you there. Prayers from my family to his.
Prayers for Peter Jennings and his family.
Wow that was fast! Prayers for him and his family.
Thank you for joining in this prayer!
It takes a different kind of person to exploit an impending death to spew nonsense. It would be as easy to prove that he did not get the illness from second hand smoke as from, say, eating egg-plant.
And there is another dimension here.
Would he be any less dead had he died while rock climbing? or saving his fellow-scientists by shielding them from an accidental chain reaction during the development of the A-bomb?
People make choices which we should respect, and we all should be conscious of not exploting anyone's death to satisfy our personal selfishness; the need to be the drama queen.
I'll leave it at that and wait for the right time and the right thread to comment further.
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