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Jamie Samuelsen Wiki – Biography

Jamie Samuelsen was a radio host and Longtime Detroit sportswriter died at the age of 48 on Saturday, The Ticket reported.

According to the 97.1 ticket radio, radio personality Jamie Samuelsen, who has been a fixture in the sports world of Detroit for more than 20 years, died on August 1 at the age of 48.

Cause of death

Samuelsen announced the diagnosis of colon cancer just a few days ago at the show Jamie & Stoney Show to the shock and horror of the audience. He was survived by his wife Christy McDonald and their three children, Caroline, Josh, and Catherine.

Aftermath

A few employees of 97.1 gathered on Saturday afternoon for an annual company golf trip in Clarkston, while their friends and colleagues Jamie Samuelsen were in mind.

After the game was performed at Oakhurst Golf & Country Club, Samuelsen’s newest live host Mike Stone stood up and blushed Samuelsen. Dan Leach, a 97.1 live person, spoke to his colleagues.
“I said, ‘Let’s not forget how lucky we were to have each other,” Leach said. “This was the first time most of us saw it every five months.

“And Jamie, he was the best. He was as good as possible.”

Just five days after he announced that he was on the weekdays morning, Samuelsen showed he had been fighting colon cancer for 19 months, at home on Saturday night, surrounded by his family, died. He was 48 years old, and his wife, who was the anchor and reporter for Detroit PBS and their three children, Caroline, 16, Josh, 14 and Catherine, 11, left McDonald McDonald.

Samuelsen spent more than a quarter of a century on Detroit’s sports media scene and was a career spanning all media, such as radio, television and printing.

Having previously co-hosted a weekday night show with Detroit News columnist Bob Wojnowski, his best-known radio has been working with Stone on the morning drive show of 97.1 since 2016. He joined 97.1 in 2012.

Leach met Samuelsen for the first time as an intern at Fox 2, and Samuelsen was making one of the weekly “SportsWorks” segments.

“It was as if I had known him for 10 years, he was fine,” Leach said.

They then continue to work together at 97.1, occasionally hosting shows.

Leach remembered the morning show once they did it with Stone off. That morning Samuelsen shook Leach very well, Leach thought nothing. But shortly after he got out of the air, Samuelsen called to apologize. Apparently, the three people in the building suggested that Samuelsen was a bit difficult in Leach.

Leach, even as the cancer progresses recently, Samuelsen said, “No one else would do it. In a job with a lot of ego, he was a really kind and beautiful soul. Congratulations to 97.1’s Mike Sullivan (leaving) and Rico Beard (incoming) for their new job .

Samuelsen was diagnosed with colon cancer

Samuelsen announced he had colon cancer on July 27 and told show listeners he had been fighting the disease for 19 months. 97.1 Tickets reported. According to the Detroit Free Press, he said that part of the reason he kept the diagnosis secret was for his family:

Jamie Samuelsen Sports Blog

Jamie Samuelsen sports blog was a regular of the Detroit Free Press; In 2013, he said in his study blog that Calvin Johnson was “the best buyer of NFL.” In 2011, the article posted a more rigorous statement from Sameulsen’s blog: “If MSU can play on a boat, Pistons should try to play a game in the city center.”

Samuelsen also worked on Fox2 television and took part in shows aired on NFL Network.

According to the Detroit Free Press, Samuelsen’s voice came from WDFN-AM, WRIF-FM, and WCSX-FM before joining the 97.1 Ticket in 2012 and starting the Jamie & Stoney Show in 2016.

Jamie Samuelsen Children & wife Christy McDonald

Samuelsen and his wife WTVS-TV anchor and correspondent Christy McDonald was a famous couple, often featured in Detroit newspapers. Everyday news and sports newsletter escapes took place at the Ditz Free Press as they described the date night at the Ritz-Carlton:

When the couple had babies, it was announced in the 2006 edition of the Detroit Free Press. “Puppies are spreading everywhere. Let’s start with the locals. ” “WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) reporter-anchor Christy McDonald and husband WDFN-AM (1130) morning man Jamie Samuelsen welcomed a son Joshua Thomas Samuelsen. He was born on April 13, and his scales gave a 7-pound, 9-ounce tip. ”

Since August 1, the couple had a 16-year-old daughter named Caroline along with her 14-year-old son Josh and 11-year-old daughter Catherine.

After explaining the diagnosis of cancer, Samuelsen wrote a Twitter that thanked medical professionals and told the couple’s difficult journey.

 

Tributes

From football to basketball, Detroit’s sports teams have Tributed Samuelsen’s family and accepted their contribution to their world.

While Detroit Lions called the death a “tragic loss”, Detroit Pistons released a Twitter series about his death:

Samuelsen was also very missed by sports journalists such as Bob Wojnowski, where Samuel Wo once cooked Super Bowl peppers: