International Courant
Elise Finch, an Emmy-winning meteorologist with WCBS in New York for 16 years, has died, the TV station introduced Sunday. She was 51.
Finch died at a neighborhood hospital; the reason for her loss of life has not been decided, based on WCBS’s assertion.
“Elise has been a pal and workforce member at WCBS for 16 years,” the station stated in asserting her loss of life. “Elise was a gifted and consummate skilled who took nice care together with her work. She was additionally a beautiful ambassador in the neighborhood, together with her hometown of Mount Vernon. Above all, Elise was a fiercely loving and devoted mom to her daughter Grace and spouse to Graig Henriques, who’s a photojournalist at WCBS.”
Colleagues remembered Finch as a beloved colleague and pal. “Elise was fiercely loyal to these she cherished, a straight shooter, a consummate skilled, and made me snicker till I cried,” Jessica Moore, weekend night anchor on WCBS, posted on Twitter. “However above all she was fully dedicated to her household, particularly her daughter Grace. I like you a lot, my pal. Heaven now has an angel like no different.”
WCBS anchor Chris Wragge tweeted, “My coronary heart is damaged. Our workforce won’t ever be the identical. Nobody matched musical wits higher. I am going to miss you numerous.”
Finch joined the CBS New York climate workforce in April 2007. Beforehand she was at NBC the place she served as a meteorologist for the “Early Right now Present,” MSNBC and NBC Climate Plus. Previous to NBC, Finch was the weekend climate anchor on the CBS affiliate in Phoenix, Ariz., and earlier than that, she was an anchor and reporter on the CBS and Fox associates in Youngstown, Ohio, and the ABC affiliate in Austin, Minn. Finch began her profession in TV behind the scenes at E! Leisure Tv, the place she served as a manufacturing coordinator for particular initiatives and reside occasions.
Elise Dione Finch Henriques was raised in Mount Vernon, NY, and graduated from Mount Vernon Excessive College. She earned a bachelor of science diploma from Georgetown College, the place she obtained one of many prestigious President’s Awards. She went on to earn a grasp of science diploma in broadcast journalism from Syracuse College. Finch accomplished the printed meteorology program at Mississippi State College and holds the seal of approval from the American Meteorological Society.
Pictured above: Elise Finch attends the Boys & Women Membership of Mount Vernon a centesimal Anniversary Gala on the Rye City Hilton on March 24, 2012, in Rye Brook, NY