Weather Channel hurricane expert John Hope dies at 83

MARIETTA - John Hope, The Weather Channel&#39;s expert on hurricanes and tropical storms, died Thursday from complications following recent heart surgery. He was 83. <br> <br> Heart problems led to Hope&#39;s semiretirement in 1997, but he returned in 1998 to help the Marietta-based cable channel&#39;s coverage of the hurricane season and continued to do so through the 2001 season. <br> <br> Hope joined the organization in 1982 the same year the network premiered on cable as tropical coordinator and an on-air meteorologist. <br> <br> Before that, Hope was a senior hurricane specialist with the National Hurricane Center in Miami. <br> <br> Survivors include his wife, Bernice Hope, a daughter, three sons, a brother and six grandchildren. <br> <br> Funeral plans were pending.

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