[msb-alumni] John Coleman, TV meteorologist who helped launch the Weather Channel dies at 83
- From: Steve <pipeguy920@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 15:12:23 -0500
BlankTV meteorologist who helped launch the Weather Channel dies
LAS VEGAS -- John Coleman, who co-founded the Weather Channel and was the
original meteorologist on ABC's "Good Morning America" during a six-decade
broadcasting career, has died. He was 83. His wife, Linda Coleman,
told the Associated Press her husband died Saturday night at home in Las Vegas.
She did not give a cause.
The Texas native got his first TV job while still a student at the University
of
Illinois. Coleman worked at several local stations in the Midwest before
joining
"GMA" when it launched in 1975.
He served as CEO of the Weather Channel for about a year after helping launch
it
in 1981. Coleman went on to join KUSI-TV in San Diego, where he spent 20 years
as weatherman for its morning show before retiring in 2014.
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