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Hockey Great Red Kelly Passes Away

CKTB - News - Red Kelly-1.9159203 TORONTO - OCTOBER 4: Leonard "Red" Kelly addresses the crowd while he is honored prior to the Ottawa Senators playing the Toronto Maple Leafs on October 4, 2006 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Senators defeated the Maple Leafs 4-1. (Photo by Dave Sandford/Getty Images) (Getty Images / Dave Sandford / Stringer)

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Kelly won eight Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs

A former Stanley Cup winner and Hockey Hall of Famer has passed away.

Red Kelly died in Toronto Thursday morning at the age 91.

He spent 13-seasons with the Detroit Red Wings winning four Stanley Cups.

Kelly was later traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs and spent eight seasons with the team winning four more cups.

His number 4 jersey was retired by the Leafs in 2016.  The Wings raised her jersey to the rafters this past February.

Kelly was also elected a Liberal MP for the Toronto riding of York-West in 1962 and again in 1963.