Legendary sports broadcaster Don Chevrier passes away
Don Chevrier, a popular sports announcer best known in Canada as the original television voice of the Toronto Blue Jays, died at home on Monday. He was 69.
Chevrier also provided television network coverage of the Olympic Games for North American audiences since 1972, working for the CBC, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and the CTV Television Network before moving on to NBC. More recently, he covered events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, including badminton, table tennis, and synchronized swimming for NBC.
Chevrier is perhaps best known in places in the USA where curling is contested as the voice of curling on TV. If you have ever seen curling on TV it is probable that the distinctive voices that you heard were Chevrier and his longtime partner, Don Duguid. "The Two Dons" called curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin for NBC. Chevrier did the play by play, Duguid provided commentary.
Chevrier, who was born in Toronto but lived in Palm Harbor, Florida, suffered from a blood disorder and was recently admitted to hospital before being released a few days later.
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I remember the distinctively Canadian voices from the curling competition in the 2006 winter Olympics.
You forgot to mention your curling team's triumphant victory Wednesday night. I heard from several sources that all team members curled well.
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