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ITV's first female weather forecaster Wincey Willis dies age 76 after being diagnosed with dementia
ITV weather presenter Wincey Willis has passed away at the age of 76 after being diagnosed with dementia.
The channel's first national female forecaster, she joined she joined TV-am in 1983.
Famous for her magnificent blonde hair, Willis was already a minor star when she took on the forecasting role and had presented her own show, Wincey's Pets, in 1982.
She had joined ITV's national programme from Tyne Tees Television, where she had been a forecaster despite admitting that she was not a specialist.
In 1985, she joined game show Treasure Hunt as an adjudicator before leaving full-time TV in 1987.
She went on to star in pantomime, wrote three books and spent years devoted to wildlife conservation.
At one point she lived in a tent in Greece for six months while guarding a turtle population.
She did return to screens as a wildlife presenter in 1993 but subsequent TV appearances have been few and far between.
