Mike Ilitch, 86, owner of the Tigers, Red Wings and Little Caesars Pizza, is in very ill health, reports Jeff Moss of Detroit Sports Rag, an independent sports blog:
Last week, I was told by a source with connections to an organization with ties to Olympia Entertainment that Little Caesars founder and owner of the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings Mike Ilitch was extremely ill. The source further indicated that Mr. Ilitch had been hospitalized in May.
This isn’t the first time the DSR reported on Mr. Ilitch’s health — as we reported two years ago that the Ilitch patriarch was dealing with a cancer diagnosis — and I did not want to report this news without an additional source.
Ilitch didn't show up for a years Red Wings team and staff photo in April, Moss notes.
We spotted the blog post via Steve Neavling of Motor City Muckraker.
