{{Short description|Canadian sportscaster (1966–2024)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Use Canadian English|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Darren John Dutchyshen | birth_date = {{birth date|1966|12|19}} | birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|05|15|1966|12|19}} | death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | education = | occupation = Sports broadcaster | spouse = | partner = Kate Beirness | parents = | children = 3 | known_for = TSN, ''SportsCentre'' }}
'''Darren John Dutchyshen''' (December 19, 1966 – May 15, 2024) was a Canadian sportscaster who co-hosted the evening edition of ''SportsCentre'' on TSN.<ref name="TSN">{{cite web |title=Darren Dutchyshen |url=https://www.tsn.ca/talent/darren-dutchyshen-1.57249 |work=TSN |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516150928/https://www.tsn.ca/talent/darren-dutchyshen-1.57249 |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 16, 2024}}</ref>
==Broadcasting career== Dutchyshen started his broadcasting career as a sportscaster at STV Saskatoon (now that city's Global station).<ref name="canadainaday">{{cite web |title=Darren Dutchyshen |url=https://canadainaday.ca/ambassadors/darren-dutchyshen |work=Canada in a Day |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726182203/https://canadainaday.ca/ambassadors/darren-dutchyshen |archive-date=July 26, 2019 |access-date=May 16, 2024}}</ref> After a year, he moved to IMTV in Dauphin, Manitoba.<ref name="canadainaday" /> He then spent seven years in Edmonton, hosting ''Sports Night'' on ITV (also now a Global station), and for more than two years concurrently hosting a daily radio sportscast on co-owned 630 CHED.<ref>{{cite web |title=Darren Dutchyshen |url=https://www.nsb.com/speakers/darren-dutchyshen/ |work=National Speakers Bureau |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516151215/https://www.nsb.com/speakers/darren-dutchyshen/ |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 16, 2024}}</ref>
Dutchyshen joined TSN in 1995 and became a host of TSN's coverage of the Canadian Football League (CFL) during the football season and TSN's weekend editions of ''SportsDesk'' (TSN's flagship news programme, later re-named ''SportsCentre'' in 2001).<ref name="TSN" /> He became a mainstay at TSN's daily sportscasts over the following three decades, often hosting evening or late night editions of ''SportsCentre'' alongside Rod Smith or Jennifer Hedger.<ref name="TSN-obit"/> He was the host of TSN's ''Olympic Prime Time'' coverage during the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref name="canadainaday" /> He was also the co-host with Canadian trainer and cutman Russ Anber in the boxing programme ''In This Corner''.<ref name="TSN-obit" />
==Personal life and death== Dutchyshen was born on December 19, 1966, in Regina, Saskatchewan to John and Betty (née Godlien) Dutchyshen<ref>{{cite web|title=John Dutchyshen Obituary|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/saskatoon-sk/john-dutchyshen-10410657|publisher=Mourning Glory Funeral Services|access-date=May 20, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516174439/https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/saskatoon-sk/john-dutchyshen-10410657 |archive-date=May 16, 2024}}</ref> and grew up in the northeastern town of Porcupine Plain.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mitchell |first=Kevin |title=Goodbye to Dutchy: Remembering the "class clown" from Porcupine Plain who found his broadcasting niche |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/goodbye-to-dutchy-remembering-the-class-clown-from-porcupine-plain-who-found-his-broadcasting-niche |newspaper=Saskatoon StarPhoenix |access-date=May 20, 2024 |date=May 16, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518061431/https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/goodbye-to-dutchy-remembering-the-class-clown-from-porcupine-plain-who-found-his-broadcasting-niche |archive-date=May 18, 2024}}</ref> He graduated from the Saskatoon-based Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC).<ref>{{cite web |title=Graduates blog |url=https://www.wabcwesternacademy.com/graduates-blog |work=Western Academy Broadcasting College |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516151716/https://www.wabcwesternacademy.com/graduates-blog |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 16, 2024}}</ref>
On September 9, 2021, he announced that he had prostate cancer, and detailed it in full a year later in his first show back at ''SportsCentre''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bucholtz |first=Andrew |date=September 9, 2021 |title=TSN's Darren Dutchyshen announces he has cancer, will be off SportsCentre as he undergoes treatment |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/international/darren-dutchyshen-announces-he-has-cancer-will-be-off-tsns-sportscentre.html |access-date=May 16, 2024 |work=Awful Announcing |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516152003/https://awfulannouncing.com/international/darren-dutchyshen-announces-he-has-cancer-will-be-off-tsns-sportscentre.html |archive-date=May 16, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Darren Dutchyshen returns to TSN for first show since cancer diagnosis (VIDEO) |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/darren-dutchyshen-returns-tsn |last=Laskaris |first=Adam |date=September 20, 2022 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |work=Daily Hive |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516152422/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/darren-dutchyshen-returns-tsn |archive-date=May 16, 2024}}</ref> Dutchyshen died on May 15, 2024, at the age of 57.<ref name="TSN-obit">{{Cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/long-time-tsn-broadcaster-darren-dutchyshen-passes-away-at-57-1.2121798 |title=Long-time TSN broadcaster Darren Dutchyshen passes away at 57 |work=TSN |date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516152516/https://www.tsn.ca/long-time-tsn-broadcaster-darren-dutchyshen-passes-away-at-57-1.2121798 |archive-date=May 16, 2024}}</ref><ref name="CBC-obit"/><ref name="TorStar-obit"/> According to a family statement, he was "surrounded by his closest loved ones".<ref name="CBC-obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/darren-dutchyshen-tsn-dead-1.7206065|title=Darren Dutchyshen, longtime TSN broadcaster, dead at 57|website=CBC News|orig-date=May 16, 2024|date=May 17, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521021651/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/darren-dutchyshen-tsn-dead-1.7206065 |archive-date=May 21, 2024|access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref> Following his death, some media outlets noted that Dutchyshen had quietly been in a long-term relationship with fellow TSN sportscaster Kate Beirness and had three children from a previous marriage.<ref name="TorStar-obit">{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/opinion/tsns-darren-dutchyshen-was-one-of-one-well-be-telling-dutchy-stories-and-laughing-for/article_13a28afe-13a8-11ef-aca0-177675fc89cd.html|title=TSN's Darren Dutchyshen was one of one. We'll be telling Dutchy stories and laughing for years|first=Bruce|last=Arthur|work=Toronto Star|orig-date=May 16, 2024|date=May 18, 2024|access-date=May 20, 2024|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240521021403/https://www.thestar.com/sports/opinion/tsns-darren-dutchyshen-was-one-of-one-well-be-telling-dutchy-stories-and-laughing-for/article_13a28afe-13a8-11ef-aca0-177675fc89cd.html|archive-date=May 21, 2024|quote=Dutchyshen and TSN's Kate Beirness have been a couple for a long time, after Dutchy's first marriage}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://torontosun.com/sports/beloved-dutchyshen-gone-too-soon|title=SIMMONS: Beloved broadcasting giant Darren Dutchyshen gone too soon at 57|first=Steve|last=Simmons|author-link=Steve Simmons |newspaper=Toronto Sun|date=May 16, 2024|access-date=May 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521020940/https://torontosun.com/sports/beloved-dutchyshen-gone-too-soon |archive-date=May 21, 2024 |url-status=live |quote=his longtime partner Kate Beirness}}</ref>
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