CBC Archives: Tim Horton's Funeral, 1974

[WpgLwr007]

Ah, Tim Horton...great hockey player...shrewd businessman...lousy fu**ing driver...

[streetcarjay]

Tim would laugh to see how many donut shops that bears his name.

[tdejong85]

i'll have a xl double double, and a choclate glazed donut please

[ethicomm]

Man, I remember this so well. I was in grade 8 and it was the talk of school.

[garycalgary]

was coffee served after?

[landrykkb]

Who knows whether or not his coffee and donut empire would be what is today had he lived. R.I.P.Tim Horton

[GTM57]

Yes he is

[chattersworld]

is he the coffee guy?

[vidlivs]

@chattersworld He was a great hockey player who played defence and was one of the leaders on the Leafs when they won their last 4 Stanley Cups in the 1960's.

He is remembered as one of the best defenseman to ever play the game, and yes he did get into the food business off the ice when he started his donut store, which is now the popular franchise chain that bears his name.