Dick Gosselin has passed away

[Bill O'Neill]

I’m sorry for your loss of a good buddy, Chuck. That hurts. Thanks for letting us know more about Mr. Gosselin.

Bill O’Neill
Shoreham, Vermont

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Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 9:12:38 PM
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Subject: Dick Gosselin has passed away

Saddened to share the news that Dick Gosselin, 50+ year pro in radio and tv in New Hampshire, Maine and Boston, has lost his mercifully short battle Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinsons.  I have known Dick, man and boy, since 1979 when I first started at WCSH radio and he was on the TV side, and then got to know him even better when my wife & I purchased our home in South Portland just one door down from him.  He began his adventure in radio in Somersworth, NH and landed on TV in Portland with WCSH (Channel 6).  He actually worked for like one day at Channel 13, and did almost 20 years with WMTW (Channel 8).  Along the way, he did weekends/swing/fill-in for WCVB in Boston and managed to host “So You Think You Know Maine” for Maine Public Television for several years, as well.  And for a time he operated his own videographer business (and the fully-equipped studio is still set up in his basement).  For those who had the pleasure of knowing or working alongside Dick, his typical dry New England demeanor was a comfort and he was a pretty dang funny guy.  We often joked about buying the house that sits between our houses, digging tunnels from either side and opening a broadcast production house without ever having to shovel out to get to work.  He was a gem with his snowblower when he worked a later shift than I as I’d get home to a cleared driveway, and likewise – those afternoon storms would move away and he’d get home after the 11pm cast to a clear driveway.  We had each others’ backs.  I will miss him.  Safe home, Dick.

--Chuck Igo

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