Veteran Citytv broadcaster Mark Dailey has died. The 57-year-old anchor, reporter and announcer lost his fight with cancer on Monday afternoon.

Dailey, who began his career as a radio and television reporter in Ohio in 1968, before joining Citytv in 1979, announced in September he was battling cancer for the second time.

Dailey was public about his first battle against prostate cancer, which he was diagnosed with in 2004.

He announced he was battling kidney cancer, which ultimately spread to his lungs, during the TV station’s 6 p.m. newscast on Sept. 8.

Dailey was born in Youngstown, Ohio, where he studied law enforcement at the state university, and briefly served as a police officer.

He switched from crime-fighting to crime reporting, moved to Windsor, and from there to Toronto in 1974, joining Citytv as a crime reporter five years later.

With files from Rob Salem and Jasmeet Sidhu