Career
Prior to his work with the Sabres, he hosted Hockey Night in Canada telecasts from Montreal. Darling was relieved of his duties by the executive producer of Sabres broadcasts, Paul Wieland, on December 12, 1991 due to worsening Pick"s disease an Alzheimer"s-like degenerative illness. He was brought back as a studio analyst for games on WUTV in the 1992-1993 season.
After a five-years with the illness, he eventually died in 1996 at the age of 61.
When the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 hit the city of Buffalo, Darling called a game between the Sabres and Montreal Canadiens at the Montreal Forum from his apartment—phoning in his commentary while watching the action on his television