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sarisataka

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Thu May 28, 2026, 04:45 PM Thursday

Claude Lemieux dies at 60, was 4-time Stanley Cup champion [View all]

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
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Wow ITAL Thursday #1
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I wonder about CTE. He took a lot of hits over his career. Chellee Thursday #5
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