Photos: TV6 newsman Tom Hooper through the years

1999 - Other peoples' problems and anguish were Tom Hooper's concerns over the years. Hooper and Contact 6 helped numerous viewers. Here, Hooper is shown in the newsroom of Fox 6.

Tom Hooper, TV6 news anchor

1973 - TV6 reporter Tom Hooper on assignment.

1984 - (From left) TV6's Jill Geisler, Vince Gibbens and Tom Hooper at work on the CPR Lifeline Telethon in Milwaukee.

1981 - Tom Hooper virtually lives on the telephone; sometimes two of them. Here, he gets two calls on the same case, then relays messages between the two callers.

1991 - Channel 6 reporter John Drilling (left) and Contact 6 editor Tom Hooper look over notes while news director Jill Geisler leads discussion at a morning news meeting.

1981 - After 20 straight hours on the Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon in Milwaukee, Channel 6's Tom Hooper rests briefly off the air.

1975 - Tom Hooper with Jill Geisler, a former Channel 6 news director.

1982 - Jill Geisler and Tom Hooper of TV6 Wisconsin.

1981 - The camera zeroes in on Tom Hooper (left) as he prepares to launch the 6 p.m. segment of Contact 6. With him are co-anchors Phyllis Watson and Dan Lewis.

1977 - Tom Hooper and Dori Davenport of Channel 6.

1981 - Tom Hooper (center) talks to colleague Don Olesen.

1981 - Tom Hooper of Contact 6 with colleague Don Olesen.

1981 - Contact 6 cameras focus on some odd sights, like the leaky ceiling in an addition to Nino's Bakery, 2473 N. Weil St. While Tom Hooper looks on, cameraman Bruce Nason zeroes in on the leak. The bakery owner wants the contractor to fix it.

1973 - Tom Hooper, TV6, studies a paper.

1971 - Tom Hooper of WITI-TV (Channel 6).