Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted February 11, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 11, 2017 (edited) Was one helluva team owner and City of Detroit booster....RIP. http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/columnists/2017/02/10/ilitch-detroit-pizza-red-wings-tigers-hockey-forbes/91475642/ Edited February 11, 2017 by Biggie Smails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doos Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 RIP, great guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Sad to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Good guy, RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 The first little ceasars pizza joint was in garden city close to where I grew up. Him and his wife ran the place. I just read he was worth almost 6B. Great American success story. Rip mike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted February 11, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 11, 2017 15 minutes ago, Edmo said: The first little ceasars pizza joint was in garden city close to where I grew up. Him and his wife ran the place. I just read he was worth almost 6B. Great American success story. Rip mike Very unassuming as well....his daughter Denise and her husband Jim Lites had a place here and a few years back I was in KMart and Mr. Ilitch was was there just wandering around in sweatpants and a windbreaker....I didn't bother him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 By all accounts, a great guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted February 11, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 11, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SVT MXZ XRS Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 23 hours ago, Biggie Smails said: Very unassuming as well....his daughter Denise and her husband Jim Lites had a place here and a few years back I was in KMart and Mr. Ilitch was was there just wandering around in sweatpants and a windbreaker....I didn't bother him. He was a great guy. You should have stopped him and shook his hand and thanked him for all he's done in the great state of Michigan with the Red Wings, Tigers, Little Caesars, etc. He wouldn't have minded, he would have loved it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted February 12, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 12, 2017 58 minutes ago, SVT Renegade XRS said: He was a great guy. You should have stopped him and shook his hand and thanked him for all he's done in the great state of Michigan with the Red Wings, Tigers, Little Caesars, etc. He wouldn't have minded, he would have loved it Looking back I wish I would have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT MXZ XRS Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Next time you see someone , don't hesitate to say hi to them. The ones walking around by themselves don't mind it. If he didn't want to be bothered, he wouldn't have been walking around by himself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted February 15, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 15, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Some good stories coming out. I never knew he paid for rosa parks rent for years after she was robbed. Or that he gave a veteran who got his legs blown off a little Ceasars franchise. Good stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoslinger Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Edmo said: Some good stories coming out. I never knew he paid for rosa parks rent for years after she was robbed. Or that he gave a veteran who got his legs blown off a little Ceasars franchise. Good stuff. i read that 5 minutes ago. seemed like a great guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT MXZ XRS Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Edmo said: Some good stories coming out. I never knew he paid for rosa parks rent for years after she was robbed. Or that he gave a veteran who got his legs blown off a little Ceasars franchise. Good stuff. I head about that before. Hopefully they doing something extra special for him at the new arena. Would be cool if they dumped the cheesy name of Little Ceasers arena and changed it to Illitch Arena or Illitch Stadium You heading up to Caddy this weekend? Edited February 16, 2017 by SVT Renegade XRS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 apparently he was a very generous man. gave to many good causes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 3 hours ago, SVT Renegade XRS said: I head about that before. Hopefully they doing something extra special for him at the new arena. Would be cool if they dumped the cheesy name of Little Ceasers arena and changed it to Illitch Arena or Illitch Stadium You heading up to Caddy this weekend? No. Riding in 50 degree weather doesn't appeal to me. One more year like this and the cabin goes up for sale and I'm back to trailering. Fuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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