merrymaker

Her Persephone, clad in green aboveground and black below, is an ageless merrymaker with a taste for drink, toughened by time but still soft of heart.

Willard Scott, the portly, toupee-sporting TV personality who spent 35 years enlivening the “Today” show as its weatherman and resident merrymaker, whether delivering the forecast dressed in drag or giving shout-outs to far-flung centenarians, died Sept. 4 at his home in Delaplane, Va. He was 87.

Willard Scott, the portly, toupee-sporting TV personality who spent 35 years enlivening the “Today” show as its weatherman and resident merrymaker, whether delivering the forecast dressed in drag or giving shout-outs to far-flung centenarians, died Sept. 4.

“I prefer to spend my time eating, gnawing, spying, and hiding. I am a glutton but not a merrymaker. Right now I am on my way to your trough to eat your breakfast, since you haven’t got sense enough to eat it yourself.”

Around the space are reminders of the witticisms that have, over more than 30 years, secured her place as British fashion’s merrymaker.