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Longtime WGN weatherman Jim Ramsey dies at 69

By Andy Grimm

Apr 8, 2022, 5:18pm EDT

Former WGN weatherman Jim Ramsey, whose signature baritone voice and
kindly demeanor were staples of the network's news broadcasts for three
decades, has died at age 69, the network announced Friday.

Ramsey handled weekend and morning broadcasts and filled in for Tom
Skilling, spending 30 years at the station before retiring in 2017.

A native of South Carolina, Ramsey began his career as an anchor in
Greenville, S.C., in 1975, working his way up through several larger
markets before arriving at ABC-7 in Chicago in 1980, according to a
farewell segment aired by the network when he retired. Ramsey moved to
Washington, D.C., for a three-year stint before returning to Chicago to
begin a three-decade run at WGN.

In an appreciation posted Friday on Facebook, Skilling remembered
sharing laughs with his former colleague and expressed admiration for
Ramsey's "awesome" voice.

"He possessed one of those awesome, mellifluous voices any of us in
broadcasting wish we possessed, perfect for broadcast work — the kind
of voice which was at once authoritative— but also comforting."

The voice and the flair for broadcasting were inherited from his
father, who worked in radio in South Carolina, Ramsey's stepdaughter,
Vanessa, said in a text message Friday.

While his stentorian voice made whatever he said sound serious,
Ramsey's sense of humor was on daily display once he took over
forecasting duties on WGN's morning news. His good-natured charm and
Southern gentility were the same on and off camera.

Ramsey enjoyed nothing more than spending time with his family and
casting a fishing line into his backyard pond.

"I feel like I can say with great certainty that the Jim America loved
and respected was the same Jim we had at home off-camera," his
stepdaughter wrote. "What defined Jim the most was his love and
dedication to his family. He never understood the fuss over him being
on TV."

Ramsey did understand, and appreciate, the bond with viewers that
developed during his years in Chicago.

"When you do weather for a living, and I think Tom Skilling would back
me up on this, people really do tend to feel a kinship to you," he said
during the final seconds of his farewell broadcast in 2017. "I've been
touched by that. I'm here in large measure because I love Chicagoans."
Jim Ramsey was an avid angler.

Weather producer Bill Snyder and anchor Tahman Bradley were among the
former WGN staffers mourning Ramsey's passing on social media.

Ramsey is survived by his wife of 16 years, Leslie; son, James; and
stepchildren Angel, Chrissy, Vanessa and Mark.

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A Friend wrote:

>https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2022/4/8/23016997/wgn-weatherman-jim-ramsey-dead-obit

Is this someone you had met at one point?

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In article <t2qs2k$vs0$1@dont-email.me>, Adam H. Kerman
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> Is this someone you had met at one point?

No. Never even heard of him. We sometimes used locals from Chicago,
but they were always from the network affiliate. I couldn't get shit
from the bureau for radio because they only wanted to work for TV, even
when the bureau wasn't doing anything. Must have been a great life,
except for the constant threat of unemployment.

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