Patricia 'Trish' Noble Williamson (3 January 1955 – 9 November 2007) was an English TV presenter, producer and filmmaker, best known for her stint as a "weathergirl" on the

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programme '' Good Morning Britain'' on

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throughout the 1980s. The daughter of journalist Harold Williamson, who notably worked on the BBC current affairs and documentary series '' Man Alive'' in the 1960s, Williamson was born in

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, and studied at

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. After leaving TV-am, she worked as a producer, presenter, and reporter on

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regional television, including

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, and BBC1's current affairs series ''Inside Out''. In 1991 she suffered an

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and almost died. The mother of two, who had just moved to

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with her family, died aged 52 when her

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car left the B1116 road in Weybread,

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, overturned, and landed in a field opposite. A

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's inquest in

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in May 2008 concluded that Williamson died as a result of not wearing a

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, and was consequently thrown through the window of her car, suffering multiple fatal injuries.

Children

Trisha had two sons, Dominic and Edward. Dominic was the eldest of the two children and after studying at Worth School he pursued a life in journalism in New York. Dominic died not long after securing a full time job in the states. Edward followed a life in film and tv just like his mother and eventually formed his own video production company in Cornwall calle
Here Now Films
Edward now lives with his father,

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, in Cornwall where he continues a career in TV and film.

References

External links

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The Times: Trish Williamson obituary
Mass media people from Newcastle upon Tyne British television weather presenters English television presenters Road incident deaths in England 1955 births 2007 deaths Alumni of St Mary's College, Durham {{UK-tv-bio-stub