39 Years Ago Today, Tim Horton Died Drunk

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This Day in Canadian History.

 

[Matty]

It's Roll Up The Rim season - I won 2 free coffees this week.



RIP big guy

 

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How did Plommer miss this?

 

[roguejuror]

How did the coffee franchise end up with his name?

 

[Matty]

He founded it, with a partner. I don't think the Horton family is involved anymore.

 

[plommer]

How did Plommer miss this?

Who says I missed it?


Tim Horton was a Maple Leaf.

 

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http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2013/02/21/sp-nhl-tim-horton-1974-death.html

 

[plommer]

He founded it, with a partner. I don't think the Horton family is involved anymore.

His wife owned shares and then sold them just prior to the brand going big.


I've been by the original location in Hamilton Ontario many times.

I usually stop and bow down.

 

[Matty]

I usually stop and bow down.

I would.

If I knew where Hamilton was.

And had any reason to go there.

 

[plommer]

Tim Horton is buried at:

York Cemetery

160 Beecroft Road

Toronto, ON M2M 5Z5

(416) 221-3404

In the Yonge/Sheppard area.

One of these days I'm gonna stop by and pay my respect.

https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=160+Beecroft+Road++Toronto,+ON+M2M+5Z5&hl=en&ll=43.766237,-79.41536&spn=0.00116,0.00327&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=Beecroft+Rd,+Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=43.766237,-79.41536&panoid=IIE_uLzJH0FGekyWb3EBqg&cbp=12,259.18,,0,-5.17

 

[Matty]

We should bring Daffy, just before going to a Marlies game.

 

[plommer]

We should bring Daffy, just before going to a Marlies game.

He better bring his jacket.

 

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Were Timbits invented before the accident?

 

[plommer]

Were Timbits invented before the accident?

No! They were created Feb 21, 1974.

Timbits were what the police and ambulance people were picking up on the side of the highway near St. Catharines Ontario the day Tim Horton wrecked his car.

 

[Blitty]

His wife owned shares and then sold them just prior to the brand going big.


I've been by the original location in Hamilton Ontario many times.

I usually stop and bow down.

I went to a Tim Horton's in Hamilton. There were a lot of tards there. The end.




True story.