Roger Cook Dies: ‘This Old House’ Longtime Landscape Expert Was 70
deadline.comRoger Cook, known to viewers of PBS’ long-running series This Old House as the landscaper with a solution to every problem and an answer to every question, died August 21 following a lengthy illness.
He was 70. His death was announced on This Old House‘s official website. “I remember every lesson from Roger,” said This Old House executive producer Chris Wolfe in a statement. “More importantly, there are millions of people whose lives have been enriched by everything Roger taught them.” Cook’s involvement with the popular home-renovation series spanned nearly 40 years.
He first appeared on the show for the series’ second season in 1982 and signed on full-time as the landscape contractor for Season 10 in 1988.
When Ask This Old House debuted in 2002, Cook was part of the team, providing landscape advice directly to homeowners. Cook continued with the franchise until health issues prompted his retirement in 2020. “Roger was our much-loved colleague, treasured by the entire This Old House community for his soft-spoken but no-nonsense approach to every aspect of landscape contracting,” the show’s website tribute reads. “He was always there with the answers we needed.” DEADLINE RELATED VIDEO: Born in 1954, Cook grew up in Burlington, Massachusetts, and was still in college at the University of Maine when he began working with local landscapers and tree firms.
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