Luba Cherry: The Quiet Partner Behind Don Cherry.

Luba Cherry has been married to Don Cherry since 1999. She keeps well away from the cameras, but the family says she is the calm in the middle of a very loud life.

Related family pages: Don Cherry · Rosemarie Cherry · Cindy Cherry · Tim Cherry

Married

1999

Husband

Don Cherry

Lives in

Mississauga, ON

Public role

Private

Who is Luba Cherry?

Quick answer: Luba Cherry is the second wife of Canadian hockey broadcaster Don Cherry. They married in 1999 and live in Mississauga, Ontario.

Luba came into Don's life after one of the hardest stretches he has spoken about publicly, the death of his first wife Rose in 1997. Friends of the family have said Luba brought steadiness back to the house, and Don has thanked her on air more than once for keeping him going.

She has never taken a broadcasting job, never sat on a panel and does not give interviews. That is a choice, not an accident. When Don talks about her on The Grapevine podcast he keeps it short and warm.

Luba Cherry's age

Quick answer: Luba Cherry's exact birth date has never been made public. Reports place her in her seventies today, younger than Don, who was born in 1934.

You will see a pile of different numbers floating around online. None of them come from the family. Until Don or Luba says otherwise, the honest answer is that her age is not confirmed, and any specific year you read is a guess.

Marriage to Don Cherry

Don and Luba married in 1999. It was a small, private affair, in keeping with how they have handled everything since. Don was still front and centre on Coach's Corner at the time, so the low-key approach was a deliberate call.

They have been together through Don's 2019 exit from Sportsnet and the launch of his podcast with son Tim Cherry. Don has said plainly that Luba looks after him and that he would be lost without her.

Luba and the wider Cherry family

Luba is stepmother to Cindy Cherry and Tim Cherry, Don's two children with Rosemarie Cherry. The family has always spoken about each other with respect, and Rose's memory is still honoured through the charity work carried out in her name.

Luba Cherry in Mississauga and the GTA

Local quick answer: Don and Luba Cherry live in Mississauga, Ontario, in the Greater Toronto Area.

Mississauga sits right beside Toronto and Pearson airport, which suited a broadcaster who spent decades flying to games. The Cherry name also runs deep in Kingston, Ontario, where Don grew up, and in Milton, where Rose Cherry's Home for Kids opened in her memory.

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