Beloved former Seattle weather anchor Steve Pool has died, according to a Facebook post from his wife on Friday.
Pool battled Alzheimer’s disease, which led to his retirement after nearly half a century at KOMO News.
“I am here to share with you the sad news that my dear husband, my love, has died of early Alzheimer’s disease. “He fought privately and with all his might against this terrible disease for several years,” his wife wrote.
According to KOMO News, Pool graduated from Tyee High School in Seattle, attended the University of Washington and then began working at KOMO as a writer.
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Pool retired in 2019 after 40 years in broadcasting.
He was also a reporter, sports reporter and program producer before switching to weather presenter.
Pool has seven Emmy awards and a Sigma Delta Chi Society of Professional Journalism award. He also has gold and bronze medals from the New York International Film Festival, an American Scene Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, two “Telly” Awards and an Academy of Religious Broadcasting Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also part of a news team that won the Edward R. Murrow Award for the best newscast in America.
“He was an extraordinary man, husband, father and good friend to many. Please know that he truly loved his job and this community and felt so privileged to be a part of your life. You were all so good to him and therefore good to us too. Our hearts are irretrievably broken. Please say a prayer for him and our family,” his wife wrote.
Pool is survived by his wife, Michelle, and his two daughters, Lindsey and Marissa.