Willard, you didn't make it to the front of the Smucker's jar but you changed so many lives for the better," Couric said. Scott retired from the morning program in 2015 after 35 years, the show ...

Willard Scott, former longtime weatherman for "Today," has died, according to the NBC show. He was 87.

Willard “Bubba” Scott, a member of the famed 1969 USC defensive line nicknamed the “Wild Bunch,” died Friday at his home after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 53.