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Wednesday, April 6, 2005 Posted: 11:32 AM EDT (1532 GMT)
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Longtime ABC anchor Peter Jennings has been diagnosed with lung cancer, the broadcaster announced on his evening newscast Tuesday.
"Yes, I was a smoker until about 20 years ago, and I was weak and I smoked over 9/11," the 66-year-old anchor told viewers at the close of Tuesday's "World News Tonight," his usually mellifluous voice hoarse.
He lauded his colleagues, to whom he had divulged his diagnosis earlier in the day in an e-mail, as "incredibly supportive."
Full story:http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/05/jennings.cancer/index.html
I just have to wonder if it was a woman anchor, would they allow her to continue to work? Not that I don't think he is beloved in our country, just that our country is bias!
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