Only a few months after Ray.
The misinformation continues
Alan Wilkie, Australia's first weather presenter, has died aged 94.
— 10 News First (@10NewsFirst) July 12, 2023
Wilkie joined the ABC in the 1950s as the network's first weatherman, later working at Channel 9 and Channel 7 in a career that spanned roughly 40 years.
He reportedly died peacefully at home, surrounded by his… pic.twitter.com/0AfsWMEbtk
even the National Film and Sound Archive has fallen for it
https://twitter.com/NFSAonline/status/1678915063841964032?s=20
Vale Alan Wilkie (1928-2023), who passed away this week. He is widely regarded as Australia’s first TV weather presenter & was a beloved figure for his nearly 50-year tenure on Australian televisions.
EDIT: I can’t help myself! https://twitter.com/TelevisionAU/status/1678948503668785152?s=20
he wasn’t the first, either on Aust TV in general or on
@ABCTV. e.g. Mary Parker pre-dated him at HSV7 even if only by a few days.Allan Rainbird was first for @abcnews, presenting weather on a rotational basis with Alan Wilkie and Ron Sheard from the @BOM_au
has People magazine got you on commission for clicks? 
I heard something about Sophia divorcing Joe on the radio so googled to find out more and then found an explosion of births and splits there.
and a new collective noun is born! From now on I’ll refer to all births and splits as explosions!
Or births cause splits…
For those who know the Dilmah ads, he was the voice who said “Do try it” at the end of them. Good tea too.