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Why is his middle name commonly spelled as Amschel, when it is actually Anschel? The inscriptions on his children's graves spell it in Hebrew as אנשיל.
[[Image:Nbc_al_roker_pr_shot.jpeg|right|250px|Al Roker PR shot]]
Many of the children have Mayer in their names, so it doesn't seem logical that this is a given name. Could it be the family name in Hebrew, to which the Rothschild name was appended?
'''Albert Lincoln Roker''' (born [[August 20]], [[1954]]) is an [[United States|American]] television broadcaster, best known as the [[Weather forecasting|weatherman]] for [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Today Show|Today]]'' show.
Born in [[Queens, New York]], Roker attended [[Xavier High School]] in Manhattan. Later, he began his weathercasting career while he was a student at the [[State University of New York at Oswego]]. Roker worked in [[Syracuse, New York]], [[Cleveland, Ohio]], and [[Washington, D.C.]], before returning to New York where he rose to chief [[meteorologist]] at [[WNBC-TV]]. Roker became the weekend weatherman for NBC's ''Today'' show, while keeping his WNBC duties. In [[1998]], he replaced [[Willard Scott]] as the full-time weekday weatherman and left WNBC.
Roker has hosted numerous events for NBC, including ''[[Christmas at Rockefeller Center]]'' and the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]], and produced several programs for [[PBS]], [[MSNBC]], and the [[Food Network]]. He is also the [[author]] of several [[non-fiction]] books, and an avid [[barbecue]] enthusiast.
In [[2002]], Roker underwent [[gastric bypass]] surgery to lose weight, which he said he did after failing at numerous [[Dieting|diet]]s. He has lost nearly 100 pounds (45 kg) since having the surgery.
His wife is fellow journalist [[Deborah Roberts]], who has done reporting for both [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[CNN]].
==External links==
*[http://www.alroker.com Al Roker's personal website]
*[http://www.alroker.com/journal.cfm His weblog]
*[http://www.msnbc.com/onair/bios/a_roker.asp Roker's NBC biography]
*{{imdb name|id=0737963|name=Al Roker}}
[[Category:Weather presenters|Roker, Al]]
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