Norm Sebastian

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Norm Sebastian (June 19, 1956 – December 22, 2000) was a television meteorologist whose credentials included stops at The Weather Channel and WNYT in Albany, New York.

Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Sebastian attended Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont where he obtained his degree in meteorology. After working as a meteorologist at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York, Sebastian became one of the initial meteorologists at The Weather Channel when that network launched in 1982. Three years later, Sebastian followed mentor Herb Stevens to WNYT and became the environmental reporter and weekend meteorologist at that station. In 1990, Sebastian was promoted to the weekday morning and noon newscasts which he held until his death.

For the later years of his life, Sebastian was beset with several health problems. A battle with polycystic kidney disease cost Sebastian both kidneys and led his sister to donate one to save his life. Assorted complications stemming from the transplant may have played a role in Sebastian's developing large cell lymphoma in early 2000, the disease that would ultimately take his life late that year.