Lemieux won four Stanley Cups with three teams
Fiery winger earned 1995 Conn Smythe Trophy
Former NHL agitator later became player agent
Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion whose ferocious, hard-hitting style of play angered opponents and sometimes overshadowed his prodigious skills and ability to deliver in the biggest games, has died after taking his own life, according to authorities. He was 60.
The Palm Beach County Sherriff’s Office said Thursday that deputies responded just after 3am to the scene of an apparent suicide at a furniture store showroom in Lake Park, Florida. The sheriff’s office said the victim was believed to be Lemieux.
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