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. HE FIRST APPEARED ON THE SHOW BACK IN 1982. COOK WAS A MASSACHUSETTS NATIVE GROWING UP IN WOBURN AND BURLINGTON. HE STEPPED AWAY FROM THIS OLD HOUSE IN 2018 BECAUSE OF