Murray Koffler, the founder of Shoppers Drug Mart, has died at the age of 93, according to Loblaw Companies Ltd.Toronto-born Koffler was a pharmacist when he founded Shoppers in 1962. The chain was taken over in 1978 by Imasco Ltd. and later acquired by Loblaw in 2014 for $12.4 billion. Murray Koffler on CBC's MIdday in 19880:51After Koffler witnessed his wife Marvelle's followup treatment for breast cancer at New York's Evelyn Lauder Breast Centre, the couple decided Canada needed a similar centre, so they founded the Marvelle Koffler Breast Centre in Toronto in the mid 1990s. Koffler's philanthropy was instrumental in the creation of the University of Toronto's Koffler Institute of Pharmacy, as well as the school's Koffler Student Centre. His support was wide-ranging, covering everything from the Koffler Centre of the Arts in Toronto and the Toronto Outdoor Art Show to the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.

Source: CBC News November 06, 2017 23:15 UTC