Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Peter Jennings Dead per ABC news, 67 years old
Friends at network | MB26

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.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abcnews; c225; ccrm; msm; obituary; peterjennings
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100 ... 581-594 next last
To: tiredoflaundry

You got that right! I've had a lot of experience in quitting smoking! I finally quited for good on January 22, 1979. I don't miss it!


61 posted on 08/06/2005 7:54:33 PM PDT by Sen Jack S. Fogbound
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

Comment #62 Removed by Moderator

To: MindBender26

Prayers joined here.


63 posted on 08/06/2005 7:55:18 PM PDT by aposiopetic
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MindBender26
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.

When did he retire?

64 posted on 08/06/2005 7:55:57 PM PDT by Publius6961 (Liberal level playing field: If the Islamics win we are their slaves..if we win they are our equals.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: hispanarepublicana

I believe that would be small cell carcinoma. My grandfather died from it. He seemed healthy as a bear, then one month later he was gone.


65 posted on 08/06/2005 7:57:57 PM PDT by Originalist (Clarence Thomas for Chief Justice!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 52 | View Replies]

To: Publius6961

Never officially retired. Charlie Gibson and Cynthia Vargas have been "filling-in" for PJ. His voice was very bad months ago. Hasn't been seen in office for about 6 weeks.


66 posted on 08/06/2005 7:58:02 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in RVN meant never having to say I was sorry......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 64 | View Replies]

To: All

ABC AFFILIATES PUT ON ALERT TO PREPARE FOR JENNINGS DEATH


67 posted on 08/06/2005 7:58:20 PM PDT by Dont Mention the War (John Bolton for White House Press Secretary!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: MindBender26

SAD


68 posted on 08/06/2005 7:58:55 PM PDT by Boazo (From the mind of BOAZO)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Faith
"We pray for Mr. Jennings' healing, Lord, and we also pray that if he has not yet accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior, that You would permit him whatever time he needs so that he may be rescued from eternal separation from You. Make haste to help him, Lord. We know it is not Your will that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Agreeing with you in prayer, Faith. Lord, prepare him to meet You. Give him the time he needs, and bring the people who can help him, that he will be prepared to meet you face to face and be welcomed into your Kingdom. We ask this in Jesus Name, Amen.

69 posted on 08/06/2005 8:00:00 PM PDT by TruthSetsUFree
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: MindBender26
My Ralph just died of lung cancer Peace be with his family. This is a rough death. Prayers going up!
70 posted on 08/06/2005 8:00:31 PM PDT by BellStar (Rack the action on a shotgun. Yes, it really is the international language)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Palladin
Praying for a deathbed conversion for Peter.

Or that if that has already happened, a strong presence of God for those left behind.
71 posted on 08/06/2005 8:00:41 PM PDT by Delphinium
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: MindBender26
I am so sorry to hear this. I pray that Mr. Jennings is at peace with the Lord in this time of sadness. If he must pass on, I pray that it is as quick and painless as possible.

God be with you, Peter.
72 posted on 08/06/2005 8:00:44 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Islam is war)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: hispanarepublicana
Isn't there a really horrible type of lung cancer that is very aggressive?

Small-cell, it's what took down my father. It's a terrible way to go, his mind was gone for his last few weeks, he lost more than half his normal weight before he died.

Those who smoke don't realize the suffering they will bring to their families as well as to themselves.

73 posted on 08/06/2005 8:01:02 PM PDT by va4me
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 52 | View Replies]

To: hispanarepublicana

Jennings never gave up his Canadian citizenship. He holds dual citizenship now.


74 posted on 08/06/2005 8:01:03 PM PDT by jimbo123
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 56 | View Replies]

Comment #75 Removed by Moderator

To: MindBender26

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/06/business/media/06jennings.html?position=&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1112793663-dUD8FXsSx+tVgkQjaGcs2w

Mr. Jennings had been a heavy smoker until the mid- to late-1980's, colleagues said. He quit at that time, though the colleagues said it was an enormous struggle for him and periodically he was known to sneak a cigarette or two. At one point, Mr. Jennings and his executive producer then, Paul Friedman, visited a hypnotist in Boston seeking to break their addictions to cigarettes.

That treatment worked for a time, but as Mr. Jennings acknowledged in his commentary last night, he returned to regular smoking after the terrorist attacks in 2001. He later quit again, a colleague said.


FROM THE WASHINGTON POST:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27732-2005Apr5.html?sub=AR

ABC executives refused to provide medical details of the type or state of Jennings's cancer. Nine in 10 lung cancer cases are related to smoking, and a diminishing risk continues even after someone quits.

Norman Edelman, chief medical officer of the American Lung Association, said a decision by patients not to seek surgery for lung cancer "suggests they believe it's already spread to a point where surgery does not offer a cure." This is either because the cancer is at too advanced a stage or because it is a form called small-cell cancer -- which occurs in about a quarter of such cases -- and has already spread to other parts of the body, he said. Still, "chemotherapy can absolutely prolong life," said Edelman, who teaches at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Michael Thun, vice president of epidemiology for the American Cancer Society, said that "the most effective treatment for localized lung cancer is surgical removal. If it's already spread, then surgery is not an option." Although the five-year survival rate for men with operable lung cancer is 45 percent, he said, it is under 14 percent for more advanced cancer that cannot be removed.


FROM THE NEW YORK POST
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/44008.htm

Peter Jennings will immediately receive chemotherapy for his battle with lung cancer which could indicate the possibility that the ABC anchor has an aggressive type of cancer or one that has already spread.

There are two types of lung cancer: small cell and non-small cell and they are treated differently, said Dr. Avi Barbasch, who sits on the board of directors of the American Cancer Society's Eastern Division. "If it's localized and small-cell type, the primary treatment is chemotherapy and it potentially can cure it," Barbasch said.
"If it's small cell and has spread, it has a high response rate [to chemo] but a high chance of coming back." If Jennings does have a non-small-cell carcinoma "and it is inoperable, then the treatment of choice could be chemotherapy," said Barbasch. The non-small type is best treated with surgery if it has not spread.

The 66-year-old former smoker will face grueling chemotherapy treatments that could last for months. After that, his prognosis is unclear. "We don't know what kind of cell type it is and if it has spread, within or beyond the chest," Barbasch said. "Those things play a factor in his symptoms, how he feels and his prognosis."

Dr. David Carbone, an oncologist specializing in lung cancer and professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, said that "there's a huge range in possible outcomes for lung cancer." If you have a tiny nodule that gets surgically removed, then you have a 90 percent cure rate," he said. "If you have widely metastatic disease, then you have a zero."


76 posted on 08/06/2005 8:01:37 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in RVN meant never having to say I was sorry......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: hispanarepublicana

Yes...small cell lung cancer. It is the worst and spreads very fast. If diagnosed in Stage Four, the patient has only 3-6 months left.

I know because my sister had this and died less than 2 months after diagnosis.


77 posted on 08/06/2005 8:01:51 PM PDT by Palladin (America! America! God shed His grace on Thee.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 52 | View Replies]

To: MindBender26

There was a time when it was (for all practical purposes) just the big three, that ABC was my favorite of those. I believed Ted Koppel, George Will, and sometimes even Jennings were giving alternate viewpoints and information.

Father, we pray for the man and ignore his politics. We pray that he gets things right with the Lord before he departs if he is not already right with you and in Christ. We pray for his family. We pray in Jesus' name; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.


78 posted on 08/06/2005 8:03:24 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Palladin
He must have been diagnosed in a very advanced stage.

Lung cancer is usually undetected until late stages it is that way!

79 posted on 08/06/2005 8:03:31 PM PDT by BellStar (Rack the action on a shotgun. Yes, it really is the international language)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: MindBender26

Prayers out to him and his family.


80 posted on 08/06/2005 8:04:20 PM PDT by since1868
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100 ... 581-594 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson