Jamie Samuelsen, a longtime voice on the Detroit sports media scene, died on Saturday after a lengthy battle with colon cancer. He was 48 years old.
He is survived by his wife, Christy McDonald, and 3 children, Caroline, 16; Josh, 14; and Catherine, 11.
Samuelsen informed his audience Monday of his diagnosis and spoke to the loose press about his diagnosis, saying he had remained silent with his children.
“Obviously, all of our lives were turned upside down when we found out, but we wanted to make their lives as normal as possible,” he said. “Plus, given the fact that I work in radio and my wife works in TV, I wanted to make sure it didn’t affect their lives.
“The most moving moments for me, this story, have been the truth of the family,” Samuelsen said.
Samuelsen grew up in Northern California and began his career in Chicago in the mid-1990s after graduating from the Northwest.