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Tom Browkaw said it best. He said NBC could survive without him or the rest of the news division, but not Nancy Fields.

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Willard Scott
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: March 7
Actor
Film Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Weather Presenter
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Willard Herman Scott Jr.
Willard Herman Scott
Jr.
Willard Herman Scott
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When I was just starting out in the business, I used to love to watch Lorne Greene doing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I said right then, 'That's what I want to do someday,' and it's been one dream that has come true.
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I want to get my own show because 'Today' will eventually get tired of me, or the audience will get tired of me.
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There are plenty of good-looking women out there. Go get them.
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The TV weatherman has always been one of the best, most secure jobs. They change anchors, they change the set, producers come and go. But the weather person hangs on forever!
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I'm Southern Baptist, not a meteorologist.
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