we lost a long time member of our today show family, linny boyette. attack. >> good to have linny back. >> good morning, linny. >> linny boyette has been a part of today for 25 years. >> how you doing lin? you all right? >> boom. >> such a fix tour on the plaza he was known as a super fan. >> linny has his first sign with a picture on it. >> but to us he was parts of the family. >> pondering the question is kate middleton better prepared for life as a royal. >> he woke up earlier than some of our staff, 3:30 a.m. to take a post outside the studio. he road the subway to watch the broadcast. always wearing a hat and sunglasses and giving his signature point to the camera. >> it's something i enjoy doing. sort of like a draw. >> despite the countless offers to come in he preferred to watch from the plaza until he was coaxed in. >> bring linny. >> really, i will. >> you're coming in. >> a member of the u.s. military, linny served in vietnam, korea and europe. while stationed overseas he became a fan of today watching the show via satellite. after retiring

linny boyette was 71 years old. >> and we actually get more viewer mail about linny than any of our onhim a lot. i'll send it out to you. >> so many years, he is the first person we saw. he would be there and he would give you the finger point or fist pump. >> when he wasn't there, you have people asking where's linny. >> people have been asking that for months. sad to see what happened here. so many people are loving him. on twitter, we got responses. meredith who adored linny, saddened to hear of linny's passing. he had a wonderful smile and so sweet. >> from mayor grant. he left a remarkable legacy of love and life. we will miss his presence on the plaza. our condolences to his family. >>> we will take a turn now and get a check of the we >>> 8:07. good monday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. temperatures are going to be comfortable this afternoon. still kind of chilly out there. you might want to grab a light sweater or jacket on your way out, something you can peel off later on today as we reached low 80s. we're talking about 82 for concord. 83 in livermore today