Los Angeles weatherman Dr. George Fischbeck has died at age 92, his family told KABC.
Fischbeck delivered the weather for almost two decades in the 1970s and 1980s before retiring from KABC, the station reported Wednesday. He started out as a forecaster with the National Weather Service after working as a schoolteacher and TV forecaster in New Mexico.
Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge in 2013 declared April 10 Dr. George Day in the city, the station reported.
In a May 2013 interview with NBC4 radio partner KPCC, Fischbeck talked about how the industry changed over his more than two decades in Los Angeles television.
"I started in the early days I was a weather forecaster with the National Weather Service," Fischbeck said. "I put in my time down at the weather station three times a day. I had my maps and I'd take my maps, make Xerox copies and I'd put the maps on the air so people could see what I was doing. And now everyone does it."
Fischbeck wrote about his experiences as a teacher and weatherman in the book, "Dr. George: My Life in Weather."
