Steve Pool (November 5, 1953 – November 22, 2023) was an American

weather presenter A weather presenter (also known as a weather girl, weatherman or weather broadcaster) is a person who presents the Weather forecasting, weather forecast daily on radio, television or internet news broadcasts. Using tools such as projected weathe ...

and journalist. He began covering sports for

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in 1977 and eventually became the principal weather anchor for that station, a position he held from 1984 to 2019.

Early life

Pool graduated from

Tyee High School Tyee High School, formerly Tyee Educational Complex, is a public high school campus located in SeaTac, Washington, United States. It was founded as Tyee High School, a single public high school, in 1962. It is operated by the Highline Public S ...

SeaTac, Washington SeaTac () is a city in southern King County, Washington, United States. The city is an inner-ring suburb of Seattle and part of the Seattle metropolitan area. The name "SeaTac" is derived from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, itself a ...

where he served as the

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Career

Pool started his career at KOMO-TV as an intern while studying at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

. After graduating in 1978, Pool became a writer, reporter, and eventually a weathercaster. In the 1980s, Pool began hosting a program on KOMO-TV titled ''Front Runners'' which aired every Saturday. In the 1990s, Pool was the host of a children's

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series called ''Little Steps''. Pool received eight

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s during his career and made more than 70 appearances on ''

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''. Additionally, he was the author of a book about weather and its forecasting, titled ''Somewhere, I Was Right''. In 2004, he was inducted into the

Department of Communications Hall of Fame.

Retirement

Pool announced his retirement from broadcasting in November 2019 after being treated successfully for

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Personal life and death

Pool was married to Michelle and they had two daughters, Lindsey and Marissa. On November 22, 2023, Pool died from

early-onset Alzheimer's disease Early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD), also called younger-onset Alzheimer's disease (YOAD), is Alzheimer's disease diagnosed before the age of 65. It is an uncommon form of Alzheimer's, accounting for only 5–10% of all Alzheimer's cases. Ab ...

, which he had for several years. He was 70. Pool's death was announced two days later by his wife.

References

External links

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Steve Pool's personal website
1953 births 2023 deaths People from SeaTac, Washington University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni Daytime Emmy Award winners Television anchors from Seattle American television weather presenters 20th-century American journalists American male journalists Deaths from Alzheimer's disease in Washington (state) Deaths from dementia in Washington (state) {{US-journalist-1950s-stub