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Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:56 am**

Dick Fletcher suffered a massive stroke on Feb. 18th. He passed away this morning. The Tampa Bay area will be missing a great met and person - he was a really neat guy!

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/a ... ryid=74821

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:04 am**

My condolences to his family.

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:51 am**

WHAT!!!! I can't believe this is the first I have heard of this...

He was one of the good ones...

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:26 pm**

wow! He was a very good met. RIP Dick Fletcher

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:53 pm**

feederband wrote:WHAT!!!! I can't believe this is the first I have heard of this...

He was one of the good ones...

I didn't hear about the stroke until this morning on the news. I heard about him dying on the radio on my way to work.

What a shock!

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:30 pm**

He was my favorite meteorologist. I'm sad to see him pass.

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:06 pm**

Wow, I hadn't heard about his stroke. He was a good guy, what a shame.. R.I.P Dick Fletcher

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:33 pm**

RIP Mr.Fletcher.

Why is it every time I hear a meteorologist passes away it's from the Tampa area?

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:13 pm**

Probably because the last one to pass away did so in a gruesome suicide, and because Tampa is very heavily represented here at Storm2k.

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:15 pm**

ABC met Denis Phillips and ABC news is doing tribute to Dick now.

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:56 pm**

Dick Fletcher was one of the best for sure. RIP

Posted: **Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:08 pm**

He was a legend and he will be missed by many. I won an umbrella from answering the weather question of the day from 10 news and after that we would chat. I used to talk to him via aim and email. He was in a class by himself and this is both a shock and a loss to the weather community and to humanity. sad sad news :cry: