You just open the door and I go, ‘rrrr, rrrr,’ and then I lick everybody’s face.”īefore becoming a weatherman, Scott performed on children’s TV, playing characters including Bozo the Clown. “A lot of speakers on the talk circuit leave right afterward. “I just love people,” he told the New York Times in 1987. “Scott … would also do his forecasts on the road, delighting locals with his unflagging charm.” He forecast the weather on the Today show for more than three decades.Ĭonfirming his death, the show said: “Scott, who joined Today in 1980, may have been best known for wishing happy birthday to fans turning 100, a feature that soared in popularity over the years, with images of centenarians appearing on Smucker’s jelly jars while Scott recognized them in front of millions of viewers. Willard Scott, the beloved weatherman who charmed viewers of NBC’s Today show with his self-deprecating humor and cheerful personality, has died. Scott spent 65 years at NBC, after joining an affiliate station in Washington DC as a page in 1950.
There will never be anyone quite like him.” “Willard was a man of his times, the ultimate broadcaster. Roker, 67, heaped praise on legendary broadcaster Scott who. Willard Scott, who forecast the weather for NBC's 'TODAY' show for more than three decades of his 65 years at at NBC, has died, Al Roker said in an Instagram post Saturday. Fellow host, Al Roker, thought of him like a second father. He had worked for The Today Show for more than 40 years and he began his run with the broadcaster in 1980. It was confirmed by his wife, Paris Keena Scott, that he passed at his farm in Delaplane, VA. “He was truly my second dad and am where I am today because of his generous spirit,” Roker wrote on Instagram. Veteran weather anchor Al Roker paid tribute to 'Today' weatherman Willard Scott, calling him 'my second dad' after he died aged 87. According to The New York Times, Willard died on Sept.
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