{"id":334985,"date":"2021-09-05T00:40:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T21:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/todays-weatherman-willard-scott-dies-at-87\/"},"modified":"2021-09-05T00:40:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T21:40:02","slug":"todays-weatherman-willard-scott-dies-at-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/todays-weatherman-willard-scott-dies-at-87\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Today&#8217;s Weatherman Willard Scott Dies at 87"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;Today&#8217;s Weatherman Willard Scott Dies at 87<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/willard-scott-today-show.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div> <em>Today<\/em>\u2018s beloved and wacky weatherman Willard Scott has died. The reporter was 87 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Announced by <em>Today<\/em>\u2018s current weatherman and Scott\u2019s longtime friend Al Roker on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CTaYwlslYU1\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">Instagram<\/a>, the co-host of NBC\u2019s morning program penned a moving tribute to the former star. \u201c<span class=\"\">We lost a beloved member of our @todayshow family this morning,\u201d Roker began his post.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CTaYwlslYU1\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWillard Scott passed peacefully at the age of 87 surrounded by family, including his daughters Sally and Mary and his lovely wife, Paris. <span class=\"\">He was truly my second dad and I am where I am today because of his generous spirit. Willard was a man of his times, the ultimate broadcaster. There will never be anyone quite like him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Scott began his full-time run with <em>Today<\/em> in 1980 and was best known for wishing a h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y birthday to fans who were turning 100 years old. Over the years, the feature became popular as images of viewers reaching that major milestone was shared on Smucker\u2019s jelly jars while Scott gave them a shoutout on TV in front of millions of viewers.<\/p>\n<p>The tradition is still upheld on the morning show despite Scott\u2019s absence. Along with his work on <em>Today<\/em>, Scott\u2019s television credits include <em>Bozo the Clown<\/em>, <em>McDonaldland<\/em>, and <em>Valerie<\/em>. Scott\u2019s last billed appearance on <em>Today<\/em> took place in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Along with his moving caption, Roker shared a collection of images featuring himself and Scott together. See them in his full tribute, above.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The reporter was 87 years old. Announced by Today\u2018s current weatherman and Scott\u2019s longtime friend Al Roker on Instagram, the co-host of NBC\u2019s morning program penned a moving tribute to the former star. \u201cWe lost a beloved member of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":334986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/willard-scott-today-show-1014x570.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-334985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-mediaa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}