Stevve and all, Jamie found out he had colon cancer a year ago this past
January. So, he has had it and been treating getting treated for it for the
past year and a half
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On Aug 2, 2020, at 5:17 PM, Steve <pipeguy920@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
He only let us know he had colon cancer last week, I wonder if he knew then
that the prognosis wasn't good.
I remember the old criteria was no need to get screened before 50, but he
obviously got it when he was 46. R.I.P.
Steve
Detroit media personality Samuelsen dies at 48 Longtime figure in local area
succumbs to colon cancer By Anthony Fenech Detroit Free Press
Jamie Samuelsen, a longtime voice on the Detroit sports media scene, died on
Saturday after a lengthy battle with colon cancer. He was 48 years old.
Samuelsen was diagnosed with colon cancer 19 months ago but kept his
condition private until last week. Samuelsen died on Saturday tonight. He is
survived by his wife, Christy McDonald, and three children, Caroline, 16;
Josh, 14; and Catherine, 11. Samuelsen spent nearly his entire professional
career in the Detroit market, most recently on WXYT co-hosting the "Jamie and
Stoney" morning show with Heather Park since 2016. Before that, Samuelsen
spent time at WDFN, WRIF and WCSX on the radio, Fox 2 on television and wrote
blog posts on Freep.com for over a decade. One of Samuelsen's longtime
cohorts on radio and television, Detroit News columnist Bob Wojnowski,
announced Samuelsen's death on Twitter on Saturday night on behalf of the
family. Wojnowski said Samuelsen was "surrounded by his wonderful family, and
he went peacefully. Samuelsen informed his listening audience about his
diagnosis on Monday and spoke to the Free Press about his diagnosis, saying
he kept it quiet to protect his children. "Obviously, all of our lives were
turned upside down when we found out, but we wanted to make their lives as
normal as possible," he said. "Plus, given the fact that I work in radio and
my wife works in TV, I wanted to make sure it didn't affect their lives. "The
most emotional moments for me, throughout this entire thing, have been the
reality of family," Samuelsen said. Samuelsen grew up in northern California
and began his career in Chicago in the mid-1990s after graduating from
Northwestern.
