Lt. Col. James H. Champion, the father of Good Morning America's weather anchor Sam Champion, died Monday night in Houston, Texas, at the age of 75. "Sam tells me his tight knit military family is strong and hanging together to face their time of grief," Good Morning America senior executive producer Jim Murphy wrote in an e-mail to the show's staff Tuesday that was posted to the show's Web site. "Please give your thoughts and prayers to Sam and his family." Added Murphy in the note, "He was better known to us as Sam Champion's dad. Sam, his sister Teresa and his mom,...
- 10/26/2010
- by Sara Hammel
- PEOPLE.com
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