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Four-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux died after taking his own life, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. He was 60 years old.
Authorities said Thursday that officers responded shortly after 3 a.m. to the scene of an apparent suicide at the family’s furniture store in Lake Park, Florida. The officer said the victim was believed to be Lemieux, who was found in a back storage room by one of his children.
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Claude Lemieux made an appearance at Montreal’s Bell Center for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals just days before his death. (Photo by Matt Garies/NHLI via Getty Images)
Lemieux broke into the league with the Montreal Canadiens and was part of their Stanley Cup-winning team in 1986.
He won four Stanley Cups in his career and in 1995 and 1996 became the tenth player in NHL history to win consecutive Stanley Cups with different teams, first with the New Jersey Devils and then with the Colorado Avalanche.
NHL GREAT CLAUDE LEMIEUX, 60, DEAD FEW DAYS AFTER MAKING AN APPEARANCE IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL
Claude Lemieux won four Stanley Cups during his career, the first of which came in 1986 with the Montreal Canadiens. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images)
After the 1995 Stanley Cup Final, Lemieux was also awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy. In his postseason career, Lemieux scored 158 points (80G, 78A) in 234 games played.
Lemieux last played in the NHL with the San Jose Sharks and retired in 2009.
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In total, he appeared in 1,215 NHL games for the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks.
He then became a player agent and, interestingly, according to North State Journal, represented Carolina Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen.
