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Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion, has died after taking his own life, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. He was 60.
Authorities said Thursday that deputies responded shortly after 1 p.m. The officer said the victim is believed to be Lemieux, who was found in a back storage room by one of his sons.
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Claude Lemieux appeared at Montreal’s Bell Center for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final 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 1986 Stanley Cup winning team.
He won four Stanley Cups in his career and in 1995 and 1996 became the 10th player in NHL history to win back-to-back Stanley Cups with different teams, first with the New Jersey Devils and then with the Colorado Avalanche.
NHL GREAT CLAUDE LEMIEUX, 60, DEAD JUST DAYS AFTER EMERGING AT 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 had 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 went on to become a player agent, and oddly enough, according to the North State Journal, he represented Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen.
