South Florida’s first weatherman has been hospitalized at Cedar Medical Center suffering from cancer. He has been ill for several weeks, according to a tipster Weaver had hip replacement surgery last Thursday but has not fully recovered.
Sun Sentinel
TV Weatherman Weaver hospitalized with cancer (mid page)
TV weatherman Weaver hospitalized with cancer
Bob Weaver, Miami’s first TV weatherman, has been hospitalized at Cedars Medical Center, suffering from cancer. Weaver, 78, has been seriously ill for several weeks, according to professional acquaintances.
Weaver joined WTVJ (then Channel 4), Miami’s first TV station, shortly after graduating from the University of Miami in 1949. He followed his friend and fellow UM graduate Ralph Renick, who had become the station’s original news anchor.
Weaver initially was a jack of all trades at the station, pasting pictures on cardboard to be displayed on screen as well as reading commercials and station identifications before becoming the weather forecaster. He stayed with WTVJ for more than 50 years before going into semi-retirement three years ago.
Downtime tomorrow
Changing servers tomorrow. Some downtime might occur because of all the gigs of data and settings that need to be moved over. It all starts at 13:00 EDT and might go as long as 48 hours. So if things feel flimsy wait before you curse your ISP