Good morning and welcome to today in new york at 10 00. Im pat battle. Im gus rosendale. Raphael miranda in the Weather Center with one of the coolest mornings weve seen in a long time. Thats right. Since april we havent seen temperatures in the 30s in central park. We did it today. Were back to the 40s now. We started out in the chilly 30s all around the region. 20s even north and west of town. It stays chilly throughout the day. You can see in your weather headlines, a little less breezy but just as cool as yesterday. It does get milder. Well see that in a minute. Lots of sunshine and a beautiful start to your sunday. Wuflly sunny down the jersey shore as well. As youre planning the west of your day, definitely need to later up today. 41 outside right now. Still chilly. Were only in the 40s by lunchtime. Todays high temperature, 51 degrees. Its still a little breezy. Windchills in the 40s throughout the day. We go into the deep freeze again tonight in some of the suburbs. Well look a
The star and executive producer of the important LGBTQ-inclusive series bid a teary goodbye on and offscreen to the cast and crew who've become her family.
Rebecca Luker, a Broadway Star for Three Decades, Dies at 59
Her Broadway career, fueled by her crystal-clear operatic soprano, brought her Tony Award nominations for “Show Boat,” “The Music Man” and “Mary Poppins.”
Rebecca Luker as Maria, surrounded by the von Trapp children, in the 1998 Broadway revival of “The Sound of Music.” She also starred in hit revivals of “Show Boat” and “The Music Man.”Credit.Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
Published Dec. 23, 2020Updated Dec. 28, 2020
Rebecca Luker, the actress and singer who in a lauded three-decade career on the New York stage embodied the essence of the Broadway musical ingénue in hit revivals of “Show Boat,” “The Sound of Music” and “The Music Man,” died on Wednesday in a hospital in Manhattan. She was 59.