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Pekka Tapani Marjamäki (18 December 1947 – 10 May 2012) was a Finnish
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player who played in the
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. He played for
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. Marjamäki also played for HV 71 during the 1979–80 season. He was inducted into the
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in 1990, and into the
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in 1998. Marjamäki had a heart attack when returning home from the supermarket on 7 May 2012. He was hospitalised and died in the intensive care unit of the hospital of Tampere during the early hours of 10 May.


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Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame page
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marjamaki, Pekka 1947 births 2012 deaths Finnish ice hockey defencemen HV71 players Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players with retired numbers IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Ice hockey people from Tampere Tappara players