After leaving WBZ-TV, she spent time raising her children and writing books in her spare time. Michaels worked at WHDH and The Weather Channel. She joined the WBZ-TV weather team in September 2001 and left in July 2009. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and a Master’s Degree in Technology from Harvard University.
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Her professional success was monumental, but so was her commitment to helping others through her philanthropic work,” the post said.
“Mish had the ability to brighten up every room she entered. “She went on to be, in my mind, one of the all-time greats in Boston TV history and perhaps the most influential woman of her day in broadcast science,” Eliasen said.Ī family friend confirmed her death in a post on Facebook and said her family is devastated by the loss.
She became interested in the weather after a tornado tore through her apartment complex in Baltimore, Maryland when she was in kindergarten. “For those that didn’t know her, I feel I cannot possibly portray just how amazingly brilliant she was.”Īccording to Eliasen, she began her career as a meteorologist at WMUR in Manchester, New Hampshire, before becoming a household name when she worked at WHDH in Boston, then WBZ from 2001-2009. She was one of those rare human beings that excelled at everything she did,” Michael’s friend and CBS Boston colleague Terry Eliasen wrote. “Mish was so many things to so many people. Her cause of death was not disclosed and she leaves behind a husband, daughter, aunt and a host of friends.
Michaels was a part of the weather team for the last seven years and “chased tornadoes flew into hurricanes, and brightened our lives – always sharing her enthusiasm for science and weather.” Mish Michaels: Popular meteorologist dies aged 53īeloved Boston meteorologist Mish Michaels has died at the age of 53, CBS Boston announced yesterday. Mish Michaels (1968 – March 2022) was an American broadcast meteorologist, environmental reporter, and author.
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