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CLEVELAND, Ohio-Famed Cleveland FOX 8 News meteorologist and animal rights activist Dick Goddard, who spent more than 5 decades with WJW TV-8 before retiring from the station in 2016 and began his television career at Cleveland Channel 3 News in 1960, has died at 89.
One of the most respected and admired meteorologist in Cleveland's history alone, Goddard died Tuesday morning at his home in Florida.
He had tested positive for COVID-19.
His daughter Kim Goddard posted news of her father's death on Facebook Tuesday and wrote, "My hero, my daddy, the greatest animal lover is now an angel."
An Akron native and Cleveland broadcast legend, Goddard was an avid animal lover and used his media pulpit to advocate for the rights of animals, the state legislature, per a bill introduced by former representative Bill Patmon of Cleveland, adopting Goddard's Law in 2016, the year Goddard retired.
The animal's right law, opposed by some activists as increasing penalties against the Black community, heightened the penalty in Ohio for animal cruelty from a misdemeanor to a felony.
"Cruelty to animals is excusable, and illegal, Patmon, a conservative-leaning Cleveland Democrat, told
Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com when he was advocating for Goddard's Law as a state legislator, the bill that then Gov John Kasich, a controversial Republican and unsuccessful candidate for president in 2016, signed into law four years ago.
Under Goddard, and with the help of Fox 8, hundreds of homeless dogs were adopted and given good homes, the practice of which continues on FOX 8 in Cleveland to this day.
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