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On July 5, 2010, legendary NHL tough guy Bob Probert collapsed on his boat on Lake St. Clair, near Windsor and died of a heart attack. He was only 45 years old.<\/p>\n
Bob was on his third glass of coke and eighth pill of OxyContin that day. He\u2019d routinely take the two together to deal with his aching body. Seventeen years as the NHL\u2019s toughest enforcer had taken its toll. As the undisputed, \u201cheavyweight champ,\u201d he finished his career fifth in all time penalty minutes. He averaged 40 brutal, bare-knuckled hockey fights a year.<\/p>\n
Bob\u2019s death wasn\u2019t all that surprising. He lived hard. Chain smoking, alcoholism, snorting cocaine even in a jail cell while under arrest, cavorting with nurses during his many trips to rehab.<\/p>\n
He said people always wanted to know, \u201cWhy do you struggle with drugs and alcohol?\u201d He\u2019d shrug off the ques, \u201cI just got a little addicted to the fun.\u201d But Bob\u2019s life was often far from fun. In a rare moment of vulnerability, he wrote a letter to his disease while in rehab in 2003.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have taken away my freedom to make healthy choices. You have taken away my valuable time from my wonderful wife Dani and my four kids. You have taken away my self-respect and dignity. You have turned me into someone I am not.\u201d<\/p>\n
The film features Bob Probert, Dani Probert, Joe Kocur, Tie Domi, Don Cherry, Jeremy Roenick, Chris Chelios, Stu Grimson, Sheldon Kennedy, Troy Crowder, Steve Yzerman, Tony Twist, Ptr Klima, and Marty McSorely.<\/p>\n
Tough Guy is based on the book Day\u2019s real-life mother Kirstie McLellan Day wrote with the late Probert. Bob’s wife, Dani is EP.<\/p>\n
It’s Geordie Day\u2019s second hockey film. He co-directed Goalie, a film on former NHL goaltender Clint Malarchuk. This year, he produced Charles Manson: Final words, which contained the last ever recorded interviews with Manson. The film aired on REELZ.<\/p>\n
Check out the powerful trailer here:
\nwww.youtube. com\/watch?v=IE9_YEaAtCQ&feature=youtu.be<\/p>\n