The Greek-Canadian man who says he was the first to put pineapple on pizza has died at the age of 83.
According to an obituary by his family, Sam Panopoulos had been in hospital in London, Ont., when he died suddenly on Thursday.
Panopoulos was born in Greece and emigrated to Canada in 1954, where he and his two brothers operated a number of restaurants.
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