Longtime New Orleans sports journalist Ed Daniels dead at 67

A FEW MINUTES TO. LET’S GET TO SOME BREAKING NEWS THAT WE’RE FOLLOWING, AS WE HAVE TO PASS ALONG A VERY SAD UPDATE. CURRENT WGNO SPORTS DIRECTOR AND FORMER WDSU SPORTS ANCHOR EDDIE DANIELS HAS DIED. IT’S FRIDAY EVENING AND WE KNOW JUST HOW MUCH HE LOVED THOSE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. IT IS HIS LIGHT THAT WE ARE REMEMBERING TONIGHT. WDSU SPORTS ANCHOR SHARIEF ISHAQ LIVE WITH WHAT WE JUST LEARNED. SHARIF. CERTAINLY A SAD DAY. WE’VE KNOWN HIM FOR A VERY LONG TIME. TRAVERS FLETCHER, YOUR BROTHER GREW UP HERE WATCHING HIM. I GREW UP WATCHING HIM AS A KID. SO JUST A SAD DAY, GINA. IT’S JUST A VERY, VERY SAD DAY. LOVED BY EVERYONE. LOVED EVERYONE THAT HE WORKED WITH. SO ALWAYS TREATED ME RIGHT. TREATED EVERYONE RIGHT IN THE SPORTS COMMUNITY. THIS COMES THREE WEEKS AFTER SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK IN CALIFORNIA. SO MANY LOVED AND RESPECTED HIM IN THIS COMMUNITY. NOW YOUR HOST, RONNIE BROWN AND EDDIE DANIELS, A BELOVED AND TRUSTED VOICE IN LOCAL SPORTS. EDDIE DANIELS PASSED AWAY. YOU HEAR IT IN NEARLY EVERY COMMUNITY. OUR FANS ARE THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY WITH 20 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SUPPORT, SAINTS FANS HAVE PROOF TO BACK THAT UP. DANIELS SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK, PASSING AWAY WITH HIS WIFE BY HIS SIDE. DANIELS HAD MORE THAN FOUR DECADES OF EXPERIENCE COVERING SPORTS IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. A RUMBLE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, HE WOULD LATER BECOME THE SPORTS DIRECTOR IN LAKE CHARLES BEFORE JOINING US HERE AT WDSU IN 1982. AND THEN LOOK BACK INTO THE EARLY YEARS OF THE FRANCHISE. THE ONLY TIME THE SAINTS WERE REALLY FUN. THAT’S UP UNTIL NOW. DANIELS CO-HOSTED THIS POPULAR SAINT SPORTS SHOW WITH ROB BROWN IN THE 80S. BEFORE HE WAS PROMOTED TO WEEKEND SPORTS ANCHOR IN 1980. THREE YEARS LATER, HE WOULD JOIN WGNO IN 1991, WHERE HE SPENT THE REST OF HIS CAREER AS SPORTS DIRECTOR. HIS WORK RECEIVED BIG RECOGNITIONS, INCLUDING THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY THE PRESS CLUB OF NEW ORLEANS IN 2014. HE IS ALSO A TWO TIME RECIPIENT OF THE LOUISIANA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL SPORTSCASTERS AND SPORTSWRITERS ASSOCIATION. LOUISIANA HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIS HOME, AND THE VIEWERS, COACHES, PLAYERS, AND COLLEAGUES IN THIS STATE WILL MISS DEARLY. DANIELS IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE NOT YET BEEN ANNOUNCED. CERTAINLY A VE

A longtime New Orleans sports reporter and broadcast television anchor has died. Ed Daniels died at the age of 67 on Friday. Daniels suffered an apparent heart attack while covering the New Orleans Saints training camp in Irvine, California. He was flown back to New Orleans, where he later died at an area hospital. Daniels had more than four decades of experience covering sports in the New Orleans area. A Rummel High School graduate, his career began in 1977 in New Orleans. He would then become the sports director at KPLC in Lake Charles before joining WDSU in 1982. Daniels co-hosted a popular New Orleans Saints sports show with Ro Brown in the 80s before he was promoted to weekend sports anchor in 1983. He joined WGNO in 1991, where he remained for the rest of his career as sports director. In 2014, Daniels received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Press Club of New Orleans. He is also a two-time recipient of the Louisiana Sportscaster of the award from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.Daniels was also named the Louisiana Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association in 1997, 2014 and 2018. He was a co-host of “The Tailgaters Show” on 106.1 with Ken Trahan.Daniels is survived by his wife and five children. The New Orleans Saints released the following statement regarding his passing: "The New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans are saddened by the passing of longtime New Orleans sports personality Ed Daniels. Ed was one of the longest-tenured members of the media in our market, covering the Saints for over 40 years and covering the Pelicans (formerly Hornets) since they began play in New Orleans in 2002. "A New Orleans native, Ed also had a great love for his hometown, both as a sportscaster and as a man, recognizing the importance of high school sports locally and the value of them to our youth. We send our thoughts and condolences to Ed's family, friends and colleagues."Funeral arrangements have not been announced at this time.

NEW ORLEANS —

A longtime New Orleans sports reporter and broadcast television anchor has died.

Ed Daniels died at the age of 67 on Friday.

Daniels suffered an apparent heart attack while covering the New Orleans Saints training camp in Irvine, California.

He was flown back to New Orleans, where he later died at an area hospital.

Daniels had more than four decades of experience covering sports in the New Orleans area.

A Rummel High School graduate, his career began in 1977 in New Orleans.

He would then become the sports director at KPLC in Lake Charles before joining WDSU in 1982.

Daniels co-hosted a popular New Orleans Saints sports show with Ro Brown in the 80s before he was promoted to weekend sports anchor in 1983.

He joined WGNO in 1991, where he remained for the rest of his career as sports director.

In 2014, Daniels received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Press Club of New Orleans. He is also a two-time recipient of the Louisiana Sportscaster of the award from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

Daniels was also named the Louisiana Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association in 1997, 2014 and 2018.

He was a co-host of “The Tailgaters Show” on 106.1 with Ken Trahan.

Daniels is survived by his wife and five children.

The New Orleans Saints released the following statement regarding his passing:

"The New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans are saddened by the passing of longtime New Orleans sports personality Ed Daniels. Ed was one of the longest-tenured members of the media in our market, covering the Saints for over 40 years and covering the Pelicans (formerly Hornets) since they began play in New Orleans in 2002.

"A New Orleans native, Ed also had a great love for his hometown, both as a sportscaster and as a man, recognizing the importance of high school sports locally and the value of them to our youth. We send our thoughts and condolences to Ed's family, friends and colleagues."

Funeral arrangements have not been announced at this time.

Longtime New Orleans sports journalist Ed Daniels dead at 67

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