Dr. George Fischbeck | 1922-2015

Dr. George Fischbeck outside his home in Woodland Hills on Dec. 16, 2008. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

March 25, 2015 12:49 PM PT

Dr. George Fischbeck, a science teacher turned weatherman who joined KABC-TV in 1972 and spent nearly two decades exuberantly delivering the local forecast, has died. He was 92.

Dr. George Fischbeck, left, with anchorman Jerry Dunphy on the set of CBS news in 1995. (Con Keys / Los Angeles Times)

Dr. George Fischbeck in January 1979. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Dr. George Fischbeck gets ready for the nightly weather report on Oct. 26, 1978. (Larry Bessel / Los Angeles Times)

Dr. George Fischbeck on the Channel 7 set in 1981. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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Dr. George Fischbeck | 1922-2015

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