15 Facts About George Fischbeck

George Richard Fischbeck was an American television weatherman on KOB-TV in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from the early 1960s to early 1970s.

George Fischbeck would retire from KABC-TV in 1992, but returned to television with a brief stint at KCBS-TV from 1994 to 1997.

Fischbeck was born in Wallington, New Jersey, and grew up working on the family farm in Farmingdale, New Jersey, the son of Johanna, a teacher, and George Stelling Fischbeck, a farmer.

George Fischbeck attended Freehold High School, graduating at the age of 16 before starting, and shortly thereafter dropping out of, Rutgers University.

On March 22,1943, Fischbeck enlisted in the United States Army Reserve as a private first class and was initially stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

George Fischbeck then was stationed in Hawaii, where he worked as a tank mechanic and became a corporal.

George Fischbeck later worked with the New Mexico Air National Guard during the Korean War, and began learning basic meteorology.

George Fischbeck studied education while attending the University of New Mexico, graduating in 1955 with a Master of Arts.

George Fischbeck started his television career at KNME-TV in Albuquerque as a host of a children's science program.

George Fischbeck died on March 25,2015, in Woodland Hills, California.

George Fischbeck was an amateur radio operator, and carried the call sign KE6SBY.

George Fischbeck married Susanne Fischbeck in 1949, with whom he had brother and sister fraternal twins.

George Fischbeck's son died at an early age, circa.

For more than twenty years George Fischbeck worked as a member of the Los Angeles Police Department's Volunteer Surveillance Team.

George Fischbeck died on March 25,2015, and was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.