Peter Jennings Dies at 67

ABC World News Tonight anchor and senior editor Peter Jennings died earlier today of lung cancer.

Jennings was a titan of broadcast news journalism in the finest tradition of such legends as Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, whose substantial mantle he carried with graceful aplomb, piercing intelligence, and abundant humanity. As a reporter, editor, and anchor, he set an unparelled standard of excellence, and for as long as I can remember was my role model for what a journalist should be. He will be enormously missed not just by the industry he loved, but by all of us who relied on him to provide a responsible and incisive window on the world.

He is remembered by the Associated Press here and the New York Times here, but would be the first to remind us - as he did in his final broadcast on April 5 - that almost 10 million Americans are fighting cancer.