RIP, Don Chevrier, voice of a really lot of sports stuff
OK, I admit it. I'm a sucker for Canadian stuff.
That's one reason I'm a little more broken up about the passing of Don Chevrier than you might be. But you should be. His was a classic, versatile sportscasting voice.
Here is a story about him, from the Canadian Press, naturally.
I once spent a week in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, covering the Arctic Winter Games, which involved stuff such as snowshoe racing. I walked on the frozen Great Slave Lake.
Margot Kidder is from Yellowknife.
Maybe I've written all this before. Whatever. Good-bye, Don.
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Don covered Olympics for CBC, ABC and NBC. I recall him doing boxing with Howard Cosell and calling hockey at the Sarajevo Olympics in 1984.
He was one of the best and will be missed.
The man made curling interesting. And what a great voice.
Don was as a great a guy as he was an on-air talent. I was his producer at ABC Radio in the 90's and learned so much from him about being a professional and being prepared at all times. Plus, as many know who work in our business, its long hours often times meaning nights and weekends and Don's sense of humor and ability to relate with people of all ages, made it bearable.
He had this rare talent of being able to mentor people without ever talking down to them. He always said, "Working as hard as you can is the only thing you can control, so don't worry about all the other stuff you can't control."
I, for one, am indebted to him because of his kindness and hope that I can be half as kind to young talent in our business as Don was to me. I feel fortunate to have worked alongside people like Don, Fred Manfra, Mike Harris, Don Gould, and Chip Cipolla who really took the art of helping and mentoring very seriously.
He will be sorely missed.