Roger Cook, Landscape Expert for PBS’s Emmy Award-winning Home Improvement Show This old house A physician for nearly four decades, he died on Wednesday at the age of 70 “after a long and determined battle with illness.”
“We are sad to announce that God called our father to heaven this week. He leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled, but we take comfort in knowing he has finally rested in peace after a long and hard battle,” one of Cook’s children posted on Cook’s X/Twitter account on Thursday.
We are sad to announce that God called our dad to heaven this week. He leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled, but we take comfort in knowing that he is finally resting in peace after a long and hard battle with illness.
— Roger Cook (@RogerCookTOH) August 23, 2024
In the second post, GoFundMe Link added, “If you’re interested in honoring my father’s legacy, please consider making a donation to the family foundation, which was established to fulfill one of his final wishes and fund nonprofit work in wildlife and land conservation, medical research and other areas close to his heart.”
“We are forever grateful for the love TOH fans have shown our father over the years,” the follow-up post concluded.
We are forever grateful for the love TOH fans have shown our father over the years.
— Roger Cook (@RogerCookTOH) August 23, 2024
Cook said, This old house For 38 years, he was also the owner of K&R Tree and Landscape Company, which he founded in 1982 with his wife, Katherine.
He is an expert in landscaping and gardening. This old house She first appeared on the series in 1982 and became a full-time member of the show in 1988.
“You could ask Roger any question about any plant, and he knew it all – which ones could survive in the shade, how to treat diseases, whether to choose perennials or annuals, which woody plants and deciduous trees are best for a backyard, the Latin name of everything,” says Fred Pendleton, Cook’s longtime friend and co-owner of K&R Landscaping. said people.
Cook left the show in 2020 due to health issues.
This landscape professional was also a member of the Massachusetts Society of Arborists and served on the board of directors for New England Grows and the Massachusetts Association of Landscape Contractors.
“You’d think that nearly four decades on television, a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award in 2022, more than 30,000 Twitter followers and a Wikipedia page would make one hotheaded, but Roger was always genuine, kind, passionate and unfailingly humble,” Cook’s obituary read. state.
“He was always just a regular guy in the neighborhood, helping with the garden and coaching his son and daughter’s basketball teams,” the paper added. “As an expression of sympathy, in lieu of flowers, please plant a tree locally in honor of Roger’s lifelong environmental activism.”
Cook is survived by his son, Jason Roger Cook, his daughter, Molly Cook, and three grandsons, Peter, Noah and James. His wife predeceased him in 2010.
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