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, in

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, worked as a state trooper in the Ohio State Highway Patrol, and became a crime reporter for stations in Ohio (first at WNIO/1540 AM - now known as

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- and then ABC affiliate WYTV 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

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, 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

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

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'' and ''

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''. 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 ''

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''. 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

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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 kidney cancer. 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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