Bruce Schwoegler, a former WBZ-TV meteorologist, died on August 4, 2022. His death was announced the following day.

The former weatherman worked for the Boston-based station for 33 years and established himself as a memorable broadcast meteorologist and science reporter. He was 80 years old when he died Thursday morning, according to WBZ.

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According to a Facebook post by his daughter, Mel White, he had aphasia, a language condition caused by brain injury that affects both spoken and written speech. It became increasingly difficult to speak with him as his condition worsened. Although, she noted, “his comprehension, boisterous laugh and larger than life personality remained intact, enabling him to live vibrantly up until the very end.”

“My dad taught me so many things throughout my life and that never stopped. When his memories faded and the future wasn’t a thought, he showed me that all we are really guaranteed is the present. And in his death, he showed me that passing away can be done with grace, beauty and bravery,” White added.

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Schwoegler, an Emmy Award-winning meteorologist who was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasting Hall of Fame, was also a veteran of the United States Navy, author, teacher, parent, spouse, and “just one hell of a guy,” according to his daughter.

Schwoegler was one of Boston broadcasting’s longest-serving newscasters. According to his Facebook page, he won New England’s first Emmy Award for Outstanding Meteorologist, as well as numerous other honours, including the prestigious Ohio State Award for a prime time special on the Greenhouse Effect and the American Meteorological Society’s National Outstanding Broadcast Meteorologist Service Award.

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As a member of WBZ’s long-running Eyewitness News team, Schwoegler collaborated alongside anchors Jack Williams and Liz Walker, as well as sports broadcaster Bob Lobel, who are all members of the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame. The former TV personality has appeared on NBC’s Today Show and CNN, and he performed with the Boston Pops, Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, and Boston Civic Symphony on multiple occasions.

Prior to entering the broadcasting industry, Schwoegler worked as a US military lieutenant in meteorology and oceanography in Alaska, the Caribbean, Florida, and the North Pacific. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison with a bachelor’s degree in meteorology and nautical science.

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According to his Facebook page, Schwoegler partnered with environmental groups and was the nation’s first broadcaster to report on acid rain during his long career. He was previously a board member of Icecap, a worldwide climate change consortium, and he also worked with an international scientific group examining the environmental implications of the Soufriere Hills Volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat and its surrounding areas.