Gary England, Rest in Peace

[Mike Smith]

Gary England passed away today. Here is my obit: Gary England, Rest in Peace

There is an interesting tidbit about his "appearance" in Twister about which I was not aware.

May he rest in peace.

 

[Randy Zipser]

Gary England passed away today. Here is my obit: Gary England, Rest in Peace

There is an interesting tidbit about his "appearance" in Twister about which I was not aware.

May he rest in peace.

So sorry to hear this sad news, Mike. Gary was an inspiration to all Oklahoma storm chasers and his enthusiasm and love for tornado chasing was genuine and contagious. Also, he was a legend in the OKC television weather market as Chief Meteorologist at KWTV during the same period that you and Jim Williams were at WKY back in the early 1970s. He will be missed, but never forgotten!

 

[Hannah.Taylor]

Rest in peace Gary. He was a legend to citizens, tv viewers, storm chasers and meteorologists alike.

 

[Warren Faidley]

Spent many a long hour listening to Gary back in the day before the Internet, and TV was one of the few sources for critical weather information.

RIP

 

[rebelrage]

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[Sean Ramsey]

Grew up watching him and fond memories of stormy nights long before there was internet and radar in the palm of your hand. I graduated high school 20 miles from Seiling and always thought it was neat to see the old England Market sign downtown that his parents owned (which is no longer there). I attended "Those Terrible Twisters" back in '86-'87 and was thrilled when he responded to one of my tweets when I was on Twitter.

I still to this day say to my wife, "It's Friday night in the big town, whaddya want to do?". It's like losing a piece of your childhood. Missed him when he retired and really gonna miss him now.

Thank you Gary for all that you did. RIP.

 

[William Monfredo]

Gary was an institution for sure, to be missed.
When I first moved to OK, I turned on the TV to see & hear him, and I thought to myself, "I'm really here now."
Much like Mike and Warren, Gary had a good book out too called, "Weathering the Storm: Tornadoes, Television, and Turmoil."

 

[Andy Wehrle]

Gary was an institution for sure, to be missed.
When I first moved to OK, I turned on the TV to see & hear him, and I thought to myself, "I'm really here now."
Much like Mike and Warren, Gary had a good book out too called, "Weathering the Storm: Tornadoes, Television, and Turmoil."

Reading that book at around the age of 12-13 was one of the things that steered me into local TV news (although not as a meteorologist). Still have my copy on the shelf.

 

[RachelDonoghue]

I just was browsing Facebook tonight and stumbled upon Reed Timmer's post. I had a rough day and hearing that Gary England had passed made my heart sink. He was one of my favorite TV meteorologists. Though while I am saddened he did live a long life. He will be missed by many and he saved so many lives over the years, but the most iconic to me was May 3rd, 1999. He will never be forgotten for sure. He was a legend.

 

[Dan Robinson]

This is another big loss of a legend in severe storms meteorology.

 

[JamesCaruso]

This is another big loss of a legend in severe storms meteorology.

Yes, it’s been a tough year, first Dr. Charles Doswell and now Gary England…The news that Dave Hoadley is no longer chasing the Plains adds to this sense of loss in my view…

 

[Ben Holcomb]

When I first moved to OK, I turned on the TV to see & hear him, and I thought to myself, "I'm really here now."

Dang, I thought the same thing when I got here.

Rest easy Gary. A legend

 

[John Farley]

When I first moved to OK, I turned on the TV to see & hear him, and I thought to myself, "I'm really here now."

I even had that thought on a chase once (I have never lived in OK) when I looked for a local radio station on a chase and got a radio feed of his live TV coverage.

 

[James K]

Obviously being in a different state, never saw his weather reports on TV. But still...
Was sad when I saw a post somewhere earlier this week mentioning his passing. RIP.

Gary had a good book out too called, "Weathering the Storm: Tornadoes, Television, and Turmoil."

Got that a few years ago. Good & interesting book.

 

[Drew Terril]

Being a native of the Tulsa area, I never got to watch him when I was growing up. I was watching the late Jim Giles on News9's sister station (KOTV) out of Tulsa as well as Travis Meyer when he was at KTUL. That said, I remember hearing of England via Giles and Meyer, both of whom held a deep respect for him. Very similar feeling to hearing of England's passing as I had when Giles passed away. While few outside of Tulsa remember Giles, both made immense contributions to their field that I would like to think will not be forgotten.