San Diego’s high kicking weatherman John Coleman dies – Weather Channel Founder, Climate Change Denier
John Coleman, the dancing, prancing San Diego weatherman who tickled television viewers by the way he would sing out the letter U in KUSI-TV’s call letters, died on Saturday. He was 83. Coleman, who also angered many people by insisting that global warming is a hoax, died at his home in Las Vegas, according to KUSI, where he served as a forecaster from 1994 to 2014, when he retired. The station did not announce the cause of death, but it did say that Coleman was surrounded by family when he passed away. His 2014 retirement capped a 60-year career during which served Coleman as the first forecaster on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” then went on to found the Weather Channel during the early days of cable television. The channel evolved from a little known number on the dial to the place millions of Americans turn first to track everything from hurricanes in Florida to blizzards in the Midwest to Santa Ana winds in California. “Like a strike of lightening (sic), a clap of thunder and a ray of sunshine, legendary weatherman John Coleman was an exciting, powerful and humorous force in the lives of so many,” KUSI evening anchor Sandra Maas said Sunday on Twitter.
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January 21, 2018, 07:07 PM
ZSMICHAEL
Yeah I remember him from Chicago many years ago. He was a hoot even in his late 70s.
January 21, 2018, 07:10 PM
parabellum
Coleman's CNN appearance is a hoot.
January 21, 2018, 07:21 PM
armored
I also enjoyed him when he was in Chicago. RIP John.
January 21, 2018, 07:45 PM
Valpo Fz
Watched him in Chicago and San Diego, really enjoyed his weather reports!
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January 21, 2018, 10:47 PM
Ripley
Pointless factoid, Coleman and I both started our tv careers at WCIA, Champaign, Il, he was twenty-one years ahead of me.
RIP Mr. Coleman
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun.
January 21, 2018, 11:30 PM
SeaCliff
Always enjoyed watching him here in San Diego.
RIP
January 22, 2018, 12:48 AM
berto
I loved how he ran out of his chair every Friday night. Hope he's floating on the breeeeeeze.