87-year-old Mike Ilitch founder of Little Caesars Pizza, owner of the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings has died at a local hospital Saturday. There is no word on his cause of death. ©2006 Brian Smith
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Little Caesars Founder Mike Ilitch Dies at 87
He launched a worldwide restaurant empire whose "Pizza, pizza" catchphrase became ubiquitous. Mike Ilitch, Little Caesars founder and owner of the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings, died Friday at a hospital in the Motor City. He was 87.
