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Voice Actor Mark Dailey Passes Away at 57

Toronto TV news anchor and part-time voice actor Mark Dailey has passed away today due to complications from kidney cancer. Dailey, 57, has voice-acted in several anime series, including the Beyblade franchise as Brad Best, and as multiple characters in the Medabots franchise.

Dailey was born in Ohio in 1953 and worked as a police officer before transitioning to full-time news reporter; he specialized in crime reporting. In 2009, Dailey celebrated his 30th anniversary with Toronto's CityTV, where he anchored the CityPulse and CityNews programs. Dailey announced his cancer diagnosis in September.

Thank you to Ken Campbell and John And for the news tips.

Sources: CBC, CityTV