OT: RIP Produce Pete

[MrsScrew]

'Produce Pete,' a weekend mainstay on NBC New York for more than 30 years, dies at 80

NBC New York is mourning the loss of a member of our News 4 family. “Produce Pete,” a longtime fixture of our weekend morning news, has died at the age of 80. He was born Peter Napolitano in Bergenfield, New Jersey, in February 1945. But in the decades to come, everyone — including members of...

www.nbcnewyork.com

 

[RUTGERS95]

RIP

 

[ScarletR97*]

Pete was very informative yet entertaining. Pat Battle is going to be devastated with his loss for sure. They regularly did his segments together.

 

[iReC89]

Met him at the WW farmers market last year and bought his book. Good guy.

 

[Kbe4]

I learned a lot about produce from that guy.
I don't know how he can possibly be replaced.
Sad.

 

[RutgersAl]

RIP Produce Pete. Pete was from my town, and his daughter, Cheryl, was in drama club with me, in high school. They had a modest produce shop, Napolitano’s Produce, which we’d visit from time to time. Good People.

 

[Section124]

RIP. Used to watch just for him.

 

[kupuna133]

Great guy! Watched him many years. And learned how to properly pick produce from the market. They’re not making another Produce Pete.