Thursday Panopoulos: Brothers Elias and University Hospital

thursday panopoulos: He died suddenly at University Hospital on Thursday, according to CTV. Panopoulos had operated a string of successful restaurants with his brothers Elias and Nikitas when he came up with his famous invention. Sam Panopoulos -- who earned a place in history by putting canned pineapple and ham on a pizza at his Satellite Restaurant in Chatham in 1962 -- was 83 and had just celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife Christina. Created just for fun, the so-called Hawaiian soon spread around the world. Saying he was fundamentally opposed to pineapple on pizza, Johannesson declared that it should be banned. Last February, the dish became the target of ridicule by Iceland's president, Guoni Johannesson. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.