(April 5, 2005) Diagnosed with lung cancer. He had given up smoking for
at least 10 years before September 11, 2001 attacks happened, after
which he admittedly started smoking again.
After failing as a 27-year-old anchorman for ABC News, he left the
country and lived abroad as a foreign correspondent in Europe and the
Middle East for ten years where he made a name for himself as an
investigative journalist. He then returned to the anchor desk as a
mature newsman.
(May 30, 2003) Became a U.S. citizen.
Son of pioneer Canadian broadcaster Charles Jennings.
Dropped out of high school in Grade 10 in Canada, and failed to attain
the equivalent of a GED. His father owned/managed a TV station,
however, and he got his foot in the door that way.