Claude Lemieux Dies at 60, Authorities Call It Suicide

A brutal story is unfolding around one of hockey’s most familiar names, and the league is left trying to make sense of it. Claude Lemieux, the former NHL enforcer and four-time champion, has died at 60, according to reports that say authorities are treating the death as a suicide. That alone changes the tone of every memory attached to him, from the trophies to the knock-down, drag-out reputation.