Robert "Bob" Richards born Robert L. Schwartz, was a popular personality on KSDK

KSDK

KSDK, Channel 5, is the NBC-affiliated television station in St. Louis, Missouri. KSDK is owned and operated by Gannett Company, and the station's transmitter is located in Marlborough, Missouri. The station broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 35, using its former analog channel assignment...

-TV in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, where he worked as chief meteorologist, from 1983 until his death in 1994. He grew up in Bloomfield, New Jersey, Before working at KSDK, He was a Meteorologist at The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel is a US cable and satellite television network since May 2, 1982, that broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news, along with entertainment programming related to weather 24 hours a day...

 as well, Bob was also earned the Seal Of Apporval from The American Meteorological Society.

Richards' death resulted from a plane crash, which is thought to have been suicide; Richards was tormented and embarrassed that news of an alleged affair was increasingly becoming public. On the night of March 23, 1994, Richards took off from Spirit of St. Louis Airport

Spirit of St. Louis Airport

Spirit of St. Louis Airport is a public airport located 17 miles west of the central business district of St. Louis, in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. It is owned by St. Louis County.- Facilities and aircraft :Spirit of St...

 in Chesterfield, Missouri

Chesterfield, Missouri

Chesterfield is a second-ring western suburb of St. Louis and is the largest city in west St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census the population is 47,484. Chesterfield also celebrated its 20th birthday in 2008.- Geography :...

, and flew his plane into the ground.