late “Growing Pains” actor, Alan Thicke, a native of Ontario, must have been running a boarding house for Canadian superstars who ventured south of the northern border.
Exhibit A: Wayne Gretzky. In 1988, when he was traded to the LA Kings, he was staying at the Thicke residence and was essentially babysitting Robin.
Imagine the Great One pouring you a bowl of Lucky Charms in the morning and reminding you to brush your teeth?But Robin was also an inadvertent player in the story of Gretzky’s blockbuster trade from the Edmonton Oilers.
Alan had taken Robin’s older brother to Russia for 10 days, and Gretzky and his soon-to-be wife, Janet Jones, were staying at chez Thicke for the summer, even sleeping in Alan’s room while he was away.
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