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“Cantankerous, aggressive, arrogant,” eulogized the Toronto Star, "but behind the incessant fireworks of the Smythe personality was an essentially positive man, a builder and a giver.” The man who made the Maple Leafs died on a Tuesday of this date in 1980: Conn Smythe was 85. wp.me/p1hzck-79r

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hats of pearl grey (and spats) Conn Smythe was 85 when he died on a Tuesday of this date in 1980. “The old tyrant,” Toronto Star columnist Milt Dunnell called the man who made the Toronto Maple Leafs in paying tribute to his inf… https://wp.me/p1hzck-79r

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