{"id":747504,"date":"2026-07-07T00:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T00:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/747504\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T00:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T00:58:10","slug":"late-nhl-star-claude-lemieuxs-will-nominates-wife-to-administer-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/747504\/","title":{"rendered":"Late NHL Star Claude Lemieux\u2019s Will Nominates Wife to Administer Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260603_85e0e1f85607496da5932fbda2557d32\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:be83c759-cddf-48ef-a5e5-0b39ab780f99\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/85e0e1f85607496da5932fbda2557d32_md.png\" alt=\"main claude lemieux getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prior to his tragic passing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/claude-lemieux\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Claude Lemieux<\/a> picked his wife to run his estate \u2026 this according to the late hockey star\u2019s will.<\/p>\n<p>According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, the late NHL star said in his will that he wanted to have his wife, Deborah Lemieux, appointed as the administrator of his estate.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260706_9f909f814ecf4cd0b3bd51fb8aa2a4df\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:be83c759-cddf-48ef-a5e5-0b39ab780f99\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9f909f814ecf4cd0b3bd51fb8aa2a4df_md.png\" alt=\"sub Claude Lemieux deborah insta\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The legal papers say everything will be distributed pursuant to the terms of a separate trust \u2026 and the beneficiaries include Deborah, their son Brendan, their daughter Claudia, his grandson Luc and his granddaughter Sutton.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The list of beneficiaries in Deborah\u2019s petition does not explicitly mention Claude\u2019s 2 sons from his first marriage &#8212; Michael and Christopher.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ broke the story \u2026 Claude <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/28\/claude-lemieux-dead\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died<\/a> by suicide in May at 60 years old. His son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/28\/claude-lemieux-cause-of-death\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">found his body<\/a> at a warehouse owned by the family, but it\u2019s unclear which son that was. Christopher, Claudia and Brendan all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/29\/claude-lemieux-honored-by-family-after-death\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shared<\/a> touching tributes to their father online.<\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">988lifeline.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prior to his tragic passing, Claude Lemieux picked his wife to run his estate \u2026 this according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-747504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}