Should anyone really cherish the spirit of Darcy Pohland at all?”
Darcy Pohland’s friends and family at WCCO-TV remembered her fondly as the news of her death overnight began to sink in. “I think it’s fair to say she was absolutely the best-loved person in this newsroom, because she always had a smile on her face,” said reporter Esme Murphy. “She always made us smile, even that last day where she wasn’t feeling well.” Pohland’s death was announced to the WCCO newsroom Friday morning, a newsroom that immediately dissolved into tears of grief. The news came to a surprise to many, though some were aware that she had been feeling ill earlier in the days leading up to her death. “I knew that she had been feeling badly all week,” said Murphy. “She had come to work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. She had been feeling faint, and fainted actually, very briefly, on Monday and Tuesday. And several of us said to her, ‘Darcy, please go to the doctor. Please go home.’ She said, ‘No, it’ll be fine.’ And that was her attitude.” “You couldn’t help but love this woman,
“I think it’s fair to say she was absolutely the best-loved person in this newsroom, because she always had a smile on her face,” said reporter Esme Murphy. “She always made us smile, even that last day where she wasn’t feeling well.” Pohland’s death was announced to the WCCO newsroom Friday morning, a newsroom that immediately dissolved into tears of grief. The news came to a surprise to many, though some were aware that she had been feeling ill earlier in the days leading up to her death. “I knew that she had been feeling badly all week,” said Murphy. “She had come to work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. She had been feeling faint, and fainted actually, very briefly, on Monday and Tuesday. And several of us said to her, ‘Darcy, please go to the doctor.
