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==Personal life== Sutton was married twice: with his first wife Patti, he had two children: son [[Daron Sutton|Daron]] (b. 1969) and daughter Staci (b. 1973). With his second wife Mary, he had a daughter Jaqueline (b. 1996).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=Don Sutton, Hall of Fame Right-Hander, Is Dead at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/sports/baseball/don-sutton-dead.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 19, 2021}}</ref> His son Daron was also a broadcaster and has served as a television host or play-by-play announcer for five different [[Major League Baseball]] organizations: the [[Atlanta Braves]], [[Milwaukee Brewers]], [[Arizona Diamondbacks]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/team/broadcasters.jsp?c_id=ari|title=Broadcasters|publisher=Arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com|access-date=November 16, 2013|archive-date=July 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701152729/http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/team/broadcasters.jsp?c_id=ari|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Los Angeles Angels]] and [[Los Angeles Dodgers]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lucia |first1=Joe |title=Daron Sutton thinks departure from Angels may have been spurred by team ownership |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/daron-sutton-thinks-departure-from-angels-may-have-been-spurred-by-team-ownership.html |website=Awful Announcing |date=July 14, 2021}}</ref> Sutton was an avid golfer and wine enthusiast and frequently made references to those hobbies while broadcasting. Sutton also broadcast golf and served as a pre- and post-game analyst for [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC]]'s coverage of the [[1983 American League Championship Series|1983]] and [[1987 American League Championship Series]]. Sutton previously served as a color commentator for NBC's coverage of the [[1979 National League Championship Series]]. He was also a fan of the game show ''[[Match Game]]'', even appearing as a panelist on sporadic occasions from 1976 to 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/sutton-don|title=Sutton, Don |publisher=Baseball Hall of Fame|website=baseballhall.org|accessdate=March 11, 2023}}</ref> Sutton died of cancer on January 19, 2021, at age 75, at his home in [[Rancho Mirage, California]].<ref name=AP/><ref name="MLB obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/don-sutton-dies-at-75|title=Hall of Famer Don Sutton dies at 75|first=Mark|last=Bowman|date=January 19, 2021|work=MLB.com|publisher=MLB Advanced Media|access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref>
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