Long time Red Wings broadcaster Ray "Razor" Lane has died.

Some sad news to report on Saturday.

On Saturday, longtime Detroit broadcaster Ray "Razor" Lane passed away due to complications that stemmed from a fall in his home according to comments from Lane's daughter, Deanne Lane.

Ray Lane was 95 years old.

Lane had an extensive career as a broadcaster in the Detroit market, covering games for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball, the Detroit Lions of the National Football League, the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association and of course the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. Lane also covered games for Michigan, Michigan State and the University of Detroit throughout his lengthy and illustrious broadcasting career.

It would be during his 16 year career covering the Red Wings that he would earn the nickname of Razor, a nickname that stuck with Lane throughout his career regardless of the sport he was covering at the time.

Lane wasn't just a prolific broadcaster but was also very well respected by fans and his peers alike, earning an induction into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1997 and even earning the Ernie Harwell Lifetime Contribution Award. That was no doubt a special moment for Lane who worked with Harwell on both radio and television broadcasts over a 5 year span when the two men covered the Detroit Tigers.

Lane lost his wife Carolyn in 2004 but is survived by three children, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

My most sincere condolences go out to the Lane family, all of Ray Lane's friends and loved ones, and the entire Detroit sports community.