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The creator of the Hawaiian pizza, Canadian Sam Panopoulos, has died aged 83.

Mr Panopoulos invented the 'pineapple' pizza with his two brothers after they emigrated to Canada from Greece in 1954.

The idea to put canned pineapple on pizza was born in one of their several restaurants in Chatham near Ontario.

Earlier this year, Mr Panapoulos told the BBC about the experiment that lead to the creation of what would become the most controversial pizza topping on the menu.

"We just put it on, just for the fun of it, see how it was going to taste," Mr Panopoulos said.

"We were young in the business and we were doing a lot of experiments."

Mr Panapoulos was an "unforgettable personality" and "respected by many for providing strong and dependable advice, and for his exceedingly generous nature", according to his obituary.