Samantha Kives said Thursday her father died a day earlier after being hospitalized with an undisclosed illness.

Kives became wealthy after founding K-tel International, which sold Miracle Brush hair removers, Veg-o-matic vegetable slicers and compilation albums with such titles as “Goofy Greats” among other products.

Through it all, Kives mostly remained in his beloved Winnipeg and always balanced work with family life, his daughter said. Read more.

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