Former Seattle weatherman Steve Pool dies from Alzheimer's disease
Former longtime KOMO News weatherman Steve Pool died this week from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, according to a Facebook post his wife, Michelle Lee, authored Friday.
KOMO News confirmed the news in a story posted on its website Friday afternoon, noting he died Wednesday at the age of 70.
“He fought this terrible disease privately for several years, and with every ounce of his being,” Lee wrote in her Facebook post. “He told me multiple times to ‘never count me out’ and we never did. This past week it became too much and he passed away peacefully. We are so blessed to have had him in our lives.”
“What you saw on TV with Steve Pool was not an act,” KIRO Newsradio News Director Charlie Harger said Friday. “Behind the scenes, he was always the kindest, most compassionate, friendly, all the superlatives you can think of … This is such a loss …”
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