Saturday, June 11, 2016

Gordie Howe's family opens visitation and funeral to public (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this June 12, 2008, file photo, hockey great Gordie Howe poses with his lifetime achievement award at the NHL awards ceremny in Toronto. Gordie Howe, the hockey great who set scoring records that stood for decades, has died. He was 88. Son Murray Howe confirmed the death Friday, June 10, 2016, texting to The Associated Press:

Gordie Howe's visitation and funeral will be open to the public. The visitation is scheduled for Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. - in a nod to his No. 9 jersey - at Joe Louis Arena, the home of the Detroit Red Wings, the team Howe played for during much of his Hall of Fame career that started in 1946 and ended in 1980. Murray Howe wrote in a text to The Associated Press that his father will be cremated and his brain will not be studied for possible concussion trauma.


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