Dick Albert dies, 73

By adamg on Fri, 08/04/2017 - 7:58pm

WCVB reports Albert, who reported the weather for three decades, and who was a Newton native, died of complications from pneumonia.

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French Toast Tribute

By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 8:49pm

Going to have to cook up a French Toast tribute for breakfast tomorrow.

Not necessary

By anon
Sat, 08/05/2017 - 9:14am

Dick Albert never once mentioned this "French Toast" baloney.

RIP

By Dave
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 9:06pm

Hopefully he's in a place where it's always just ducky.

I'll always cherish the

By fredly
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 11:37pm

I'll always cherish the memories of my mom and I fighting over the clicker because she wanted to interrupt my cartoons to watch Dick's forecast.

A true cultural icon lost. Rest in peace.

Certainly the last TV meteorologist in Boston whose

By MC Slim JB
Sat, 08/05/2017 - 3:12am

passing could make me mist up a little and then smile with nostalgia as I did on hearing this news. Goofy, sincere, frequently hilarious, but always fundamentally professional at a tough, largely thankless job, trying to predict our capricious New England weather. He seemed to genuinely love his work, and viewers loved him back: what local TV personality could ask for more than that from life?

Thanks for the memories, Dick. RIP.

Farewell to a legend

By Cleary Squared
Sat, 08/05/2017 - 7:34am

Dick Albert was one of many Boston area forecasters who knew his stuff and knew how to deliver it. Whenever you saw "NTTT (Not to tough to take)" in his forecasts, you believed him.

He used to do the occasional

By Steve Brady
Sat, 08/05/2017 - 8:33am

He used to do the occasional summer weather report from Rosemary Pool, and one time when we were kids we actually went up and asked for his autograph. He seemed a little surprised but kindly agreed :)

GBAGL

By johnmcboston
Mon, 08/07/2017 - 9:28am

GBAGL

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