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ABC News
The New York Times Slide Show

Jennings was the only anchor I ever really watched when I watched the nightly news (probably from a little kid through middle of high school). I liked Brokaw, although not Rather, but I loved the international perspective that Jennings and his broadcast brought. He got his fair share of criticism, and maybe we're past the need for anchors to be anchors in our news society, but I thought he was great to watch. The links above include a NY Times photo selection -- you can see how sickly he looked in April when he announced his cancer.

Much like Lou Gehrig, he was found to be ill after a period of weakness (the puzzlement and criticism over Jennings' not traveling for the tsunami coverage now seems out of place), announced a leave with hopes of returning, but in reality, just went downhill from there. But the legacy remains for both.

EDIT: Good comment about how Jennings' death is sad, but not more so than anyone else's. I tried to get across both here and in the comments about Jennings' representing an era more than the fact that a news anchor died.