Dave Schwartz Dies; Weather Channel Meteorologist Was 63

Dave Schwartz has lost his battle with cancer.

The Weather Channel meteorologist, who has defeated that horrible disease two times in the past, was 63 years old.

“It is with a heavy heart and great sadness to let you know that Dave Schwartz has passed away,” the Weather Channel said in a statement on Facebook.

“He was a fan and staff favorite because he so obviously loved what he did and had a unique ability to draw viewers into the fascinating world of weather.”

Concluded the emotional message:

“His passion for weather was contagious and inspired many to enter the field of meteorology. His passion and love of weather will never be forgotten, he will be greatly missed.”

About a decade ago, Schwartz was given just a year to live after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

According to the station, he then suffered through an unsuccessful procedure to remove a tumor.

However, after radiation and chemotherapy treatments and another procedure, he was deemed cancer free.

Months later, though, his pancreatic cancer had returned… yet he found a treatment and became cancer free once more. 

Last year, the beloved weatherman was diagnosed for a third time.

After taking some time off and after receiving comments and messages of support from viewers, he addressed his battle with the illness on air.

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“I want to let you know the reason why I have lost 35 pounds in the last five months is that I am being treated for cancer,” he said on World Cancer Day in February.

“Stomach cancer, of all things for a foodie.”

Schwartz went on to discuss his experience in detail, aiming to give fellow cancer fighters hope.

His co-workers at the Weather Channel remember him as “the most creative personality to ever appear on The Weather Channel.”

Here is what Jim Cantore had to say upon his passing:

“Everything was genuine about this wonderful man. He was everybody’s friend and that’s what he really wanted to be.

“He made so many of us laugh, smile, and wish we were like him. He was so genuine and trustworthy – things that come from the soul and cannot be taught …

“I’m so thankful he was on our team doing what he loved till the end of his time.”

Dave Schwartz Dies; Weather Channel Meteorologist Was 63

Dave Schwartz has lost his battle with cancer.

The Weather Channel meteorologist, who has defeated that horrible disease two times in the past, was 63 years old.

“It is with a heavy heart and great sadness to let you know that Dave Schwartz has passed away,” the Weather Channel said in a statement on Facebook.

“He was a fan and staff favorite because he so obviously loved what he did and had a unique ability to draw viewers into the fascinating world of weather.”

Concluded the emotional message:

“His passion for weather was contagious and inspired many to enter the field of meteorology. His passion and love of weather will never be forgotten, he will be greatly missed.”

About a decade ago, Schwartz was given just a year to live after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

According to the station, he then suffered through an unsuccessful procedure to remove a tumor.

However, after radiation and chemotherapy treatments and another procedure, he was deemed cancer free.

Months later, though, his pancreatic cancer had returned… yet he found a treatment and became cancer free once more. 

Last year, the beloved weatherman was diagnosed for a third time.

After taking some time off and after receiving comments and messages of support from viewers, he addressed his battle with the illness on air.

View Slideshow: Celebrities Who Passed Away in 2016: Gone, But Not Forgotten

“I want to let you know the reason why I have lost 35 pounds in the last five months is that I am being treated for cancer,” he said on World Cancer Day in February.

“Stomach cancer, of all things for a foodie.”

Schwartz went on to discuss his experience in detail, aiming to give fellow cancer fighters hope.

His co-workers at the Weather Channel remember him as “the most creative personality to ever appear on The Weather Channel.”

Here is what Jim Cantore had to say upon his passing:

“Everything was genuine about this wonderful man. He was everybody’s friend and that’s what he really wanted to be.

“He made so many of us laugh, smile, and wish we were like him. He was so genuine and trustworthy – things that come from the soul and cannot be taught …

“I’m so thankful he was on our team doing what he loved till the end of his time.”

Dylan Dreyer Pregnant! Today Meteorologist Surprises Co-Hosts With Baby News

This is friggin" adorable.

During a Fishbowl Q&A segment of Today (how else do you fill 5 hours of morning programming?), meteorologist Dylan Dreyer selected a random (we think) question from the giant fishbowl.

After reading the question to herself, Dreyer looked off-camera and said "Really?  You guys need some new jokes."

When the other talent, which included Savannah Guthrie (who announced her second pregnancy earlier this week), Al Roker, Carson Daly and Tamron Hall asked if Dreyer really selected such a spot-on question, she showed them the proof, and then made her big reveal.

"Look it really says, "Are you pregnant?" and yes I am!"

The entire set erupted in cheers, and Guthrie was especially excited to have a preggo co-worker.

"Shut the front door!" Daly said as he threw his script up in the air.

Dreyer and her husband, Brian Fichera already found out the sex of the baby – Dreyer filled balloons with blue confetti to surprise Fichera – so she filled a black balloon for her co-hosts, and had Hall do the honors of popping the balloon.

Said balloon was popped, and blue confetti went everywhere.

The little baby boy will make his arrival this December. 

"Brian and I have been married for almost four years," Dreyer, 34, wrote on Today"s site.

"Four wonderful years that included a move to New York City and a new dream-come-true job at the TODAY Show. We weren"t in a rush to have kids and, to be honest, there was a time when we declared we never wanted kids!

"Then one day we both looked at each other and said, "I want a baby!" As usual, we were on the same page and it all just seemed right.

"Now, here I am, writing my first ever blog about a BABY! It was a tiny little secret we kept among a small circle in our family, and I can now scream it from the rooftops: "I"M PREGNANT!!!" And now I can scream, "OH CRAP!!!!"

"I"ve asked people to try to explain to me why having a baby changes your life in a way you could never imagine. No one can put it into words, but when I saw this little guy and watched him dance around and touch his hand to his face, I fell in love instantly. A love I, too, can"t put into words.

"P.S. We didn"t plan the timing of a December baby to get out of winter storm coverage…I swear."

Dreyer joined the Today show in 2012 from NBC affiliate WHDH in Boston, MA.

Watch the video below for Dreyer"s reveal in full.

Request for Meteorologist to Cover Up Sparks #Sweatergate

Being a meteorologist in Los Angeles can be a pretty boring job.

On a nearly daily basis, you"re just telling people that it"s gonna be, like, 75 degrees and sunny.

But reporter Liberte Chan now finds herself in the news for a reason other than this city’s desirable climate.

The weather woman for KTLA, Chan was doing her job on Saturday while wearing a sequined Aidan Mattox black dress when she was interrupted by anchor Chris Burrous.

He handed his colleague a gray cardigan and asked her to put it on because “we’re getting emails," he joked.

But very few people who have watched the following video or learned of this story are laughing.

"You want me to put this on," Chan asked while slipping into the sweater. "Why? Because it"s cold?"

No, Burrous might as well have responded, because of sexism.

"I look like a librarian now," Chan said while continuing to give her report.

It didn’t take long for Twitter to blow up with users who believe Chan had been publicly embarrassed and body-shamed.

One astute viewer even shared a screen capture of a 2012 forecast on the same network in which two models stood around in lingerie for some reason.

Here it is:

Burrous quickly apologized on Twitter, explaining that he offered up the sweater "in jest but I see how it seemed. I am sorry."

Yes, it seemed as if you could not handle the sight of a woman"s bare shoulders, dude.

KTLA did not issue no comment, but Chan addressed the awkward moment with fans on Facebook Live on Sunday, May 15, admitting, "It became this big thing" and adding:

"I really wasn"t offended. People are kind of spinning it and saying that it was sexist … I thought it was kind of funny. I think we just played into the viewers saying, you know, you should cover up, so he brought me over a sweater.

"But not offended, I don"t think it was sexist, but that"s just my opinion."

Watch the exchange below and form your own opinion:

Nick Wiltgen, Weather Channel Meteorologist, Dead of Apparent Suicide

Nick Wiltgen, a senior digital meteorologist at The Weather Channel, was killed in a car crash inside an Atlanta mall parking garage on Sunday evening.

He was 39 years old.

According to the police report, Wiltgen drove his Volkswagen convertible “at a high rate of speed” through the wall of this garage, passing away at 5:30 p.m. of cranial trauma.

Tami Sedivy-Schroder of the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office says that “evidence gathered in the investigation indicated it was a suicide.”

Wiltgen became a part of The Weather Channel team as a radio forecaster in 2001 after graduating from the University of Nebraska.

Fellow meteorologist and Weather Channel colleague Jim Cantore mourned Wiltgen’s passing on Twitter last night.

“We lost part of our TWC family,” Cantore wrote, referring to Wiltgen as “a wonderful man and one of the best meteorologists I’ve ever known.”

Al Roker of The Today Show also chimed in via Twitter with a message of shock and grief, writing:

“Thoughts and prayers to Nick Wiltgen’s family. Such a part of @weatherchannel His smile, expertise and camaraderie will be missed.”

In his final professional act, Wiltgen helped write a roundup of snowstorm news published Sunday morning.

Cameron Clayton, the president of product and technology at The Weather Company, said in a statement that Wiltgen was a “treasured member” of the channel’s staff.

We send our condolences to his friends, family members and loved ones.

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The Force is Very Strong with This British Meteorologist

As previously documented, Chrissy Teigen is a terrible meteorologist.

But the woman featured in the following video is awesome!

Just like previous males and females in her profession who clearly have a love for pop culture (e.g. the traffic reporter who parodied Let It Go), this lady has used the ongoing Star Wars craze to go viral.

For all the right reasons.

In just 40 seconds, she manages to make endless Star Wars references, all while somehow keeping a straight face.

"Don"t be a trooper. Please take care on the roads. Could be difficult driving conditions," she warns at one point, later adding:

"Now, if you"re forced to awaken early tomorrow morning, it will be on the dark side, but as you can see fairly mild."

Amazing, no?

And this was how our new favorite weather woman person on the planet concluded her report:

Far, far away towards the southeast of England, there is a new hope for sunshine developing in the afternoon.

We"re not wearing a hat at the moment.

If we were, however, we"d be taking it off in absolute awe of this meteorologist. She deserves the biggest raise her network can afford.