SACCHETTI WCVB NEWSCENTER FIVE. SHARMAN. THANK YOU. A FAMILIAR FACE ON NEW ENGLAND TELEVISION HAS DIED. ROGER COOK WAS THE SOFT SPOKEN, NO NONSENSE LANDSCAPING AND GARDENING EXPERT ON THIS OLD HOUSE.

Roger Cook, who was a garden and landscape contractor on the veteran PBS home renovation series This Old House, died on August 21 after an extended illness. He was 70. Born in 1954 in Biddeford, Maine ...

Roger Cook, who was a part of PBS' iconic This Old House home improvement program for nearly 40 years, died on Aug. 21 following an extended illness. He was 70. Cook first appeared on This Old House ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...