Peter Jennings

I will miss Peter Jennings. I really will. He was really the only newscaster I had an allegiance to, as in, if I had a choice of 3 networks and saw that he was doing one of the newscasts, I'd say "Oh good" and stay on his channel. I guess I can't even really say what network he was on - ABC, maybe - but I knew that if I wanted to watch some breaking news story, and Peter Jennings was one of my choices, I watched him. He was, as they say, suave and graceful, but also very human and unpretentious. He reminded me of a really good doctor or teacher, the kind who makes you feel as if his concern for you is genuine, and not job required (whether this is true or not - it's the impression that counts). I was pretty upset when I heard he had cancer, but I thought he would pull through. I'm surprised he was 67, though - I thought he was much younger. Goddamn shame, still.