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Obituary: Broadcast, distribution industry remembers Darrell Atherley

TORONTO – Broadcast and distribution industry veteran Darrell Atherley died Tuesday at his home in Oakville, Ont.  Atherley, 59, had battled cancer since the summer of 2009.Len Cochrane, president of Teletoon Canada Inc., and a colleague and friend for over 25 years, described Atherley “one of the great guys in our industry”.“If you knew Darrell, you loved him”, Cochrane told Cartt.ca. “What you saw was what you got.  He had the innate ability to be friends with everyone, and he had tremendous respect for everyone - he was just a classic ‘no games, no bullshit’ kind of guy.  And from a BDU point of view,...