Joe Louis Arena building manager Al Sobotka drives an ice resurfacer past a tribute to Mike Ilitch painted on the ice in Detroit on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Ilitch's family said in a statement that he died Friday at a local hospital. He was 87. No other details were provided by family spokesman Doug Kuiper. Billionaire businessman Ilitch, who founded the Little Caesars pizza empire before buying the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers, won praise for keeping the professional sports teams in the city as others relocated to new suburban stadiums. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)
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