Meteorologist Graham Parker was a well-known face to millions and became BBC Look East's forecaster.
One of BBC Look East's first weather forecasters has died at the age of 90.He started at the Met Office in the 1950s and was a national TV forecaster, before joining Look East in 1984 when he set up a weather centre in Norwich.
Mr Parker, who was married to wife Margaret for nearly 64 years and had four children and three grandchildren, became a well-known face while broadcasting on BBC Television during 1963 and 1974. The job - whether presenting without an autocue and memorising up to four minutes' of word-perfect information, or forecasting - wasn't always easy.Graham Parker was one of BBC Look East's first weather forecasters
"All the people you talk to would always say he was such a nice, kind man - and he didn't try to be that. He was it."Speaking in 2013, Mr Parker said he always had his family in mind when presenting.
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