Mark Edward Dailey (August 1, 1953 – December 6, 2010) was an American-born Canadian television journalist and announcer. He was the host of 11 p.m. weeknight City''News'' newscasts in

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, and a prominent

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voicing interstitial program announcements on

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Career

Dailey was born and raised in

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, to parents John and Rose-Marie (Genetta) Dailey and was one of three children (sisters Kathleen and Colleen). Dailey graduated from Ursuline High School and then studied law enforcement at

Youngstown State University Youngstown State University (YSU or Youngstown State) is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1908 and is the easternmost member of the University System of Ohio. The university is composed of six undergrad ...

, in

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, worked as a state trooper in the

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, and became a crime reporter for stations in Ohio (first at

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/1540 AM - now known as WYOH - and then ABC affiliate

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in the late 1960s) and at radio station CKLW in

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, before moving to Toronto in 1974. According to musician and Dailey's former co-worker Kurt Swinghammer, Dailey also briefly worked as a security guard for R&B and soul music legend

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in Detroit. Prior to Citytv, Dailey worked at Q-107 and CHUM-AM and FM. Dailey worked at

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for 31 years. He was well-known for voicing the station's slogan: "This is Citytv, ''Everywhere!''".

Acting

As a

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, Dailey voiced characters in the animated series '' Medabots'', '' The Ripping Friends'', ''

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'', '' Grossology'', '' My Dad the Rock Star'', '' Spliced'', and others like ''

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'' and '' Storm Hawks''. He also appeared (as a news reporter) in several Canadian films including

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's ''Boozecan'' (1994), ''Claire's Hat'', ''The Life Before This'', and '' Childstar''. He did voiceover work for one season of the ''Fishn' Canada Show (1999)'', and ''Magavision (1999)'' outdoor video newsletter''. Dailey is widely credited with delivering the title line during the chorus of the 1982 Rush song " Subdivisions", although he denied this. Neil Peart, who was the drummer of Rush, was actually the person who voiced "Subdivisions" in the chorus of the song.

Death

Dailey survived

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but announced during his 11 p.m. newscast on September 9, 2010, that he had been diagnosed with

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. The cancer spread to his lungs and he died on December 6, 2010, at

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. He was 57 years old.

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