Brian Teigland, weatherman for Memphis ABC affiliate WPTY 24 died from a sudden illness last night. He was 53.
Brian Teigland fell ill last night and was rushed to Germantown Methodist Hospital where he died. Teigland has been a television meteorologist in Memphis and Detroit for over 20 years.
WPTY’s news director Jim Turpin had the following to say about his co-worker Brian Teigland: "To say that we will miss Brian, more for what he did off the air than what he did on it, does not do justice to the grief and pain we all feel right now."
Visit the WPTY Web site where you can read viewers comments about Brian Teigland’s the life and work and post your own: www.myeyewitnessnews.com.
Source: WREC 600 News Radio