Fans have started coming to the Fox Theatre Wednesday to pay tribute to Detroit icon Mike Ilitch.
"I took the bus to get down here around 7 this morning," lifelong Detroiter Jim Warren said. "I'm so grateful for what Mr. Ilitch has done. I wouldn't miss this."
Ilitch will lie in repose from noon to 8 p.m. in the theater's Grand Lobby. The owner of Little Caesars Pizza, the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings died Friday at age 87 after a lingering illness.
Ilitch and his wife bought the historic Fox in 1987 and restored it, setting the stage for an entertainment revival in downtown Detroit.