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Globe and Mail: Media mogul Ted Rogers dies

Ted Rogers spent his life defying expectations. He feared he would die by the time he was 38, the age when his father was felled by a brain aneurysm, leaving a six-year-old son with the pristine image of a heroic dad.

Driven by this memory, young Ted managed to live almost twice as long as his father, surviving a lengthy catalogue of physical ailments. He died on Tuesday at the age of 75 at his home in Toronto. He suffered from congestive heart failure.

A sickly kid, he was always picked last for sports teams at upper-crust Upper Canada College, but he made himself into a decent boxer. As an adult, he bought a major league baseball team, the Toronto Blue Jays, while conceding he was “the village idiot” on baseball matters.

Repoz Posted: December 02, 2008 at 08:24 AM | 11 comment(s)
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1. Leroy Kincaid Posted: December 02, 2008 at 07:28 AM (#3018585)

Never heard of him.

2. Rusty Priske Posted: December 02, 2008 at 08:37 AM (#3018610)

Obviously you aren't a Blue Jays fan.

Rogers (the company) owns the Jays. Rogers (the man) owned Rogers (the company).

3. Ryan Jones Posted: December 02, 2008 at 08:46 AM (#3018618)

And the Rogers Centre, and Rogers Sportsnet, and Rogers Communications, which handled their Cable, Cell, Radio, Phones, and Internet businesses. He was also Canada's richest individual, in terms of net worth, and had a huge influence over Canada's media.

4. Gamingboy Posted: December 02, 2008 at 10:00 AM (#3018689)

Rogers, because of his role as one of the main movers and shakers in the Toronto movement to take the Bills, was never one of my favorite people. Still, my thoughts are with his family.

5. Ryan Jones Posted: December 02, 2008 at 10:10 AM (#3018706)

With respect to the Bills, Buffalo has hit a point where they can either lose them for a couple games a year or, when Ralph Wilson passes away, lose them completely. I'd rather have the Bills in Buffalo for the next 50 years, but I realize that's not a reasonable outcome.

6. Nasty Nate Posted: December 02, 2008 at 10:10 AM (#3018707)

His name comes on my cellphone when i cross the border

7. winnipegwhip Posted: December 02, 2008 at 10:42 AM (#3018752)

And the world is a better place today with your removal. Goodbye mutherf ucker. Say hello to the Mumbai terrorists while you spend eternity in helI.

Sincerely yours,

An (former) Expos fan who is still bitter about you voting for an MLB team to leave Canada.

8. Trevor Crowe T. Robot (Dan Lee) Posted: December 02, 2008 at 10:55 AM (#3018773)

With respect to the Bills, Buffalo has hit a point where they can either lose them for a couple games a year or, when Ralph Wilson passes away, lose them completely.

Or both, which is where I fear this is going. Not to threadjack, but it made me incredibly uncomfortable when Roger Goodell told the people of Buffalo that the future of the team depended on their level of support. There's no team in football that's more supported by the community, with the possible exception of the Packers. Goodell's comment just doesn't make sense unless he's trying to justify an upcoming move with "see, I told you, you should have supported the team more fervently".

If the Bills move to Toronto, the CFL should immediately put a team in Buffalo. They'd lead the league in attendance.

9. Rusty Priske Posted: December 02, 2008 at 11:06 AM (#3018789)

Wow, #7 is a little harsh.

10. rfloh Posted: December 02, 2008 at 11:30 AM (#3018823)

Not to threadjack, but it made me incredibly uncomfortable when Roger Goodell told the people of Buffalo that the future of the team depended on their level of support. There's no team in football that's more supported by the community, with the possible exception of the Packers.

Yeah. On home game days, when the game is on, Buffalo, and the surrounding suburbs / towns such as Amherst, Williamsville, is pretty much entirely deserted. Not a car on the roads. Go into a grocery store such as Tops or Wegmans, and the only people there are the people working there. Pretty much everyone is watching the game.

11. Cooper Nielson Posted: December 02, 2008 at 12:30 PM (#3018896)

Hmmm... never met him, but I think he signs my paychecks (I mean paycheques). I wonder what impact this will have on the Blue Jays, and what impact it will have on my job. (I do not work for the Blue Jays.)

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