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A tribute event for popular Vancouver sportswriter Jason Botchford will be hosted at the Commodore Ballroom next month.

Botchford died last month at age 48 of apparent heart failure. He was a longtime sportswriter who was working with The Athletic at the time of his death. Before that, he served as a news reporter and then as the Vancouver Canucks’ beat reporter for 13 years at The Province.

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The June 20 event will be presented by The Athletic and hosted by Mike Halford and Jason Brough of TSN 1040, and will celebrate Botchford with a Canucks panel, audience Q&As, music and comedy. Additional performers are also expected to be announced.

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“We are going to throw a party that Botch would be proud of,” reads the event description.

The Canucks’ organization has also donated some items that will be auctioned off at the event, with 100 per cent of the proceeds and ticket sales going to the Botchford Family Fund.

The fund — which was launched to support Botchford’s wife Kathryn and children Sienna, Keira and Hudson — has raised $104,142 this month.

Tickets for the event are $29.75, including a service charge through Ticketmaster, and go on sale May 23.

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