Darcy Pohland Died
Darcy Pohland Dies in Her Sleep: WCCO Reporter Remembered
Darcy Pohland, WCCO-TV Reporter Dies in Her Sleep
Darcy Pohland, known for her work on the TV station WCCO died over Thursday night at only age 48. She was discovered at her home Friday morning by a personal care attendant and it is thought at this point that she passed away in her sleep.
When the news was announced to the staff, everyone began to break down in tears and couldn’t believe the the announcement.
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Reporter Bill Hudson said that everyone loved Darcy Pohland and said that the newsroom staff were her family.
Darcy Pohland’s last report for WCCO was a piece about jingles that kept getting stuck in your head and Esme Murphy said that Darcy Pohland was really excited about the story and that it was really funny.
“I went into the meeting the next morning, when I had to do the Good Question, and I said, ‘Mike, I’ll never be able to half as good a job as Darcy Pohland did.’”
Her co-workers at the station said that she hadn’t been feeling well in the days leading up to her death and according to WCCO employee Esme Murphy she had come in to work on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday but she had been feeling ill all week and on Monday and Tuesday she fainted but refused to go home.
Darcy Pohland Dies At 48
reporter Darcy Pohland died overnight. She was 48 years old.
Pohland was discovered by a personal care attendant Friday morning at her home in Minneapolis. She had apparently died in her sleep. Her cause of death has not yet been determined.
Pohland has been a news reporter at WCCO-TV for the last two decades.
She was born in June of 1961. She grew up in Mendota Heights and graduated from Sibley High School.
She was first hired at WCCO-TV in 1986 after she served as an intern in the summer of 1983. She interned at WCCO-TV’s Washington D.C. bureau while attending George Washington University.
While an intern, Pohland dove into the shallow end of her apartment swimming pool and broke her neck. The accident caused permanent paralysis from the chest down.
She spent five months rehabilitating at the University of Minnesota’s Rehabilitation Center before moving into her own apartment and continuing her studies at the University of Minnesota.
After graduating, she underwent hand surgery to help improve her manual dexterity. Before long, she was enjoying her new position as a dispatcher at WCCO-TV’s downtown Minneapolis studios.
From dispatcher to assignment desk assistant to planning editor, Darcy was a presence behind the scenes at WCCO-TV. That changed in 1994 when she was became a reporter for the station’s Community News segment. She later became a general assignment reporter.
A lifelong fan of the Vikings and the Golden Gophers, Pohland is remembered for her passion for sports, figure skating, musical theater, and her cats.
Pohland wasn’t feeling well this week and was absent from work on Thursday. Her last WCCO-TV news story was a Good Question report on why TV jingles are so catchy.
Pohland is survived by two brothers. Her mother died last month.
Pohland will be greatly missed by friends, co-workers and her viewers.
