Jennings 's widow , Kayce Freed , and family held a private service in New York . Jennings was cremated and his ashes split in half . Half of his ashes remained in his home in Long Island and the other half was placed in his summer home in the Gatineau Hills , near Ottawa . The 57th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 18 , 2005 , included a tribute to Jennings by Brokaw and Rather . A public memorial service for Jennings was held two days later at Carnegie Hall . Notable journalists , political leaders , and other friends of Jennings attended . Jennings left a US$ 50 million estate : half went to Freed , and most of the rest to his son and daughter . On December 5 , 2005 , after much speculation , and nearly eight months after Jennings stopped anchoring , ABC named Vargas and Bob Woodruff co-anchors for World News Tonight
57th Primetime Emmy Awards
57th Primetime Emmy Awards
Peter Jennings