Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion and former NHL player, has died at the age of 60, the NHL Alumni Association announced Thursday. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, Lemieux died by suicide. His body was found shortly before 3:30 a.m. at Andros Home LLC, his furniture store located at 270 N. Congress Ave. in Lake Park. Lemieux’s NHL career spanned from the early 1980s through the 2000s.He played for several teams, including the Montreal Canadiens and the New Jersey Devils. Lemieux was the torchbearer for the Canadiens this past Monday night before Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available.If you or someone you know needs help, you can talk with the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or sending a text message to 988, or you can chat online here. Stay up to date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. —
Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion and former NHL player, has died at the age of 60, the NHL Alumni Association announced Thursday.
According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, Lemieux died by suicide.
His body was found shortly before 3:30 a.m. at Andros Home LLC, his furniture store located at 270 N. Congress Ave. in Lake Park.
Lemieux’s NHL career spanned from the early 1980s through the 2000s.
He played for several teams, including the Montreal Canadiens and the New Jersey Devils.
Lemieux was the torchbearer for the Canadiens this past Monday night before Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available.
If you or someone you know needs help, you can talk with the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or sending a text message to 988, or you can chat online here.
Stay up to date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25
Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.