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{{Short description|American journalist (1947/1948 – 20241948–2024)}}

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{{Short description|American journalist (1947/1948 – 2024)}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Rusty Shoop

| image = Rusty_Shoop_2.jpg

| birth_date = 1947/1948

| birth_place = [[Dallas]]|Dallas, [[Texas]], U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and given age|2024|08|24|76}}

| occupation = [[Meteorologist]]

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'''Rusty Shoop''' (1947/1948 – August 28, 2024) was an American [[meteorologist]] for the [[Bakersfield, California]] television station [[KERO-TV]].<ref name="KERO-TV">[http://www.turnto23.com/newsteam/17815349/detail.html KERO web site]</ref>

==Early life and career==

==Career==

Shoop was born in [[Dallas]]|Dallas, [[Texas]]. He joined the [[United States Air Force]], ending up in Northern California after his four-year tour of duty. At [[Humboldt State University]] he became the weatherman at [[KIEM-TV]] in [[Eureka, California]], where his brother, Larry, was the anchorman.<ref name="KERO-TV"/>

Shoop came to [[Bakersfield, California]] in 1984, where he was hired by [[KERO-TV]] as a meteorologist. In addition to television, Shoop worked as a truck driver, a small business owner, and an insurance company executive.<ref name="KERO-TV"/> In 2008, he published a novel, titled ''Blood Harvest'', about a crime-solving news anchorman.<ref name="The Northwest Voice">[http://www.northwestvoice.com/home/ViewPost/51362 The Northwest Voice]</ref>

==Personal life and death==

Shoop and his wife, Diane, had four adult children and seven grandchildren.<ref name="death"/>

==Health issues and death==

After suffering multiple headaches, Shoop underwent emergency surgery at a hospital on January 5, 2007 after tests revealed that an artery in his brain had ruptured.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

OnShoop died from cancer on August 28, 2024, Shoop died at the age 76 of cancer76.<ref name="death">{{cite web|url=https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/rusty-shoop-beloved-tv-weatherman-and-news-anchor-dies-at-76/|title=Rusty Shoop, beloved TV weatherman and news anchor, dies at 76|first=Robert|last=Price|work=KGET.com|date=August 28, 2024|accessdate=August 28, 2024}}</ref>

==References==