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Rusty Shoop

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Rusty Shoop
Shoop in 2008
Shoop in 2008
Born1948
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Died (aged 76)
Morro Bay, California, U.S.
OccupationMeteorologist

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Rusty Shoop (1948 – August 27, 2024) was an American meteorologist for the Bakersfield, California, television station KERO-TV.[1]

Early life and career[edit]

Shoop was born in Dallas, Texas. He joined the United States Air Force, ending up in Northern California after his four-year tour of duty. At Humboldt State University he became the weatherman at KIEM-TV in Eureka, California, where his brother, Larry, was the anchorman.[1]

Shoop came to Bakersfield, California, in 1984, where he was hired by KERO-TV as a meteorologist. In addition to television, Shoop worked as a truck driver, a small business owner, and an insurance company executive.[1] In 2008, he published a novel, titled Blood Harvest, about a crime-solving news anchorman.[2]

Personal life and death[edit]

Shoop and his wife, Diane, had four adult children and seven grandchildren.[3]

After suffering multiple headaches, Shoop underwent emergency surgery at a hospital on January 5, 2007 after tests revealed that an artery in his brain had ruptured.[citation needed]

Shoop died from cancer on August 27, 2024, at the age of 76.[3]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 KERO web site
  2. The Northwest Voice
  3. 3.0 3.1 Price, Robert (August 28, 2024). "Rusty Shoop, beloved TV weatherman and news anchor, dies at 76". KGET.com. Retrieved August 28, 2024.


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