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Claude Lemieux’s Friend Claims the Late NHL Star Lived With an ‘Injustice’ He Could No Longer ‘Bear’
A close friend of Claude Lemieux claims the late NHL legend carried an alleged “injustice” prior to his untimely death. “He always lived this as an injustice, a heavy burden to bear," Réjean Tremblay,
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NHL star Claude Lemieux died of a broken heart — for two deeply painful reasons, close pals say
Retired NHL star Claude Lemieux died of a broken heart, according to people who knew him. During his two-decade career, he led the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils and Colorado Avalanche to a total of four Stanley Cups and was the ninth best playoff scorer of all time — but he was never inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame after he hung up his skates in 2009.
One of the NHL's fiercest competitors on the ice, Claude Lemieux was known for his "kindness" and calm approach with clients as an agent.
Close friends of Claude Lemieux say the four-time Stanley Cup champion carried a long-standing sense of rejection and emotional weight tied to his Hall of Fame snub, with new accounts suggesting those feelings lingered into his final days before his tragic death.
Claude Lemieux played on Stanley Cup winners in Montreal, New Jersey and Colorado and recently lived in Palm Beach Gardens, records show.