Claude Lemieux dies at 60, was 4-time Stanley Cup champion

[sarisataka]

Claude Lemieux, a 21-season NHL veteran and four-time Stanley Cup winner, has died at the age of 60, the Montreal Canadiens announced Thursday.

He was in Montreal this week, serving as the Montreal Canadiens’ Bell Centre torchbearer on Monday for Game 3 of his former team’s Eastern Conference Final against the Carolina Hurricanes, a 3-2 overtime win for the visitor.

The 60-year-old native of Buckingham, Quebec, won the Stanley Cup four times for his first three NHL teams -- the Canadiens in 1986, the New Jersey Devils in 1995, the Colorado Avalanche in 1996 and the Devils again in 2000.

“The National Hockey League mourns the passing of Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion and one of the greatest big-game Players in hockey history," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement.

https://www.nhl.com/news/claude-lemieux-dead-at-age-60

It has been confirmed by other sources he took his own life

[ITAL]

1. Wow

I was gonna say...I just saw him on Monday and he looked fine. So sad.

One of the biggest clutch playoff performer I ever saw. He was more of a lunch pail player in the regular season, but once the playoffs started, he was all world.

[TVguyCards]

2. He just skated with the Habs Monday night

and was holding the flag.

This is so sad. Depression kills. He was one of my favourite players when he played for the Colorado Avalanche. I'll be holding my hockey cards of him a little closer tonight. RIP Claude and thank you for bringing this guy so many memories when I was a kid screaming at the television over your goals and running around in your jersey that was 5x too large. You'll be missed by many of us 🕯️

[chicoescuela]

3. Ugh! Only 60

[Cha]

4. Omgosh... I was wondering how

he passed at 60. ☮️💙

[Chellee]

5. I wonder about CTE. He took a lot of hits over his career.

I wonder if his family will do an autopsy to see if that played a role in his mental health.

[Polybius]

6. Very sad

Was he related to Mario?

[AStern]

8. No.

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But his younger brother Jocelyn played for the habs as well.

[ornotna]

7. Mom will show him around in Heaven

She was a diehard Habs fan.