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Peter Jennings

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The Resume

    (July 29, 1938-August 7, 2005)
    Anchor of 'ABC World News Tonight' (1964-1968, 1983-2005)
    Host and author of 'The Century'
    Reporter/foreign correspondent on 'World News Tonight'
    News anchor on 'AM America' (1975-1976)
    News anchor on CTV (1963-1964)
    Reporter and public affairs radio show host on CBC
    Became an American citizen (2003)

Why he might be annoying:

    He had a bland no-frills approact to delivering the news.
    He had a speech impediment.
    He was a Canadian anchoring American evening newscast.
    He dropped out of high school.
    He was removed as 'ABC Evening News' anchor due to low ratings (1968).
    He is three times divorced.
    He once dated Barbra Streisand.
    He was a long time smoker and was diagnosed with lung cancer (April 2005).

Why he might not be annoying:

    At nine, he hosted a children's radio show on CBC called 'Peter's People.'
    He became co-anchor of Canada's first national commercial-network newscast on CTV (1962).
    At 26, he was the youngest person to anchor an American evening newscast.
    the Boston Globe noted 'the passing of Edward R. Murrow's mantle to Peter Jennings (1995).'
    He anchored ABC's coverage of the new millennium for 25 straight hours.
    He established the first American television news bureau in the Arab world when he served as ABC NEWS' bureau chief for Beirut, Lebanon, a position he held for seven years.
    He anchored the first major television series on AIDS for PBS, The AIDS Quarterly, at a time when much of the media was ignoring the subject.
    He is ranked in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1990).

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 32 Votes: 46.88% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 31 Votes: 51.61% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 77 Votes: 49.35% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 70 Votes: 41.43% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 47 Votes: 46.81% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 56 Votes: 51.79% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 42 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 24 Votes: 70.83% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 60 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 123 Votes: 54.47% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 151 Votes: 51.66% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 75 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 177 Votes: 46.89% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 1051 Votes: 35.59% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 720 Votes: 34.44% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 151 Votes: 46.36% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 216 Votes: 42.59% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 2265 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 5429 Votes: 54.69% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 2202 Votes: 60.72% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1821 Votes: 60.85% Annoying