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Sellars, a native of Toronto, graduated from Ryerson University in 1985 and immediately went to work for Canadian Broadcasting Company"s Hockey Night in Canada.
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Sellars worked at Canadian Broadcasting Company Sports as a senior executive until 2000, when he left to join Fox. He started as a producer for Fox"s regional sports network and was involved with National Hockey League and other professional sports broadcasts. In August 2010, Sellars was promoted to Executive Vice President, Production and Executive Producer of the Fox Sports Media Group in Los Angeles, where he was in charge of studio and event production for Fox Sports and its specialty channels.
Sellars was married to Barb and had two children, Tyler and Kelsey.
On December 30, 2011, Sellars died at the age of 50 after suffering an apparent heart attack during a pick-up hockey game. Following his death, both Hockey Night in Canada and the NFL on Fox paid tribute to Sellars during their weekly pregame shows.
He was also specifically thanked "in memory of" at the end of the Fox"s coverage of the 2015 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup.
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