New details emerge surrounding four-time Stanley Cup winner Claude Lemieux's death

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Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion, died aft taking his ain life, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office confirmed. He was 60.

Authorities said Thursday that deputies responded soon aft 3 a.m. to the country of an evident termination astatine the family’s furnishings store successful Lake Park, Florida. The serviceman said the unfortunate was believed to beryllium Lemieux, who was recovered successful a rear warehouse by 1 of his sons.

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Claude Lemieux

Claude Lemieux made an quality astatine Montreal's Bell Centre for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final conscionable days earlier his death. (Photo by Matt Garies/NHLI via Getty Images)

Lemieux broke into the league with the Montreal Canadiens and was portion of their Stanley Cup-winning squad successful 1986.

He won 4 Stanley Cups successful his vocation and successful 1995 and 1996 became the 10th subordinate successful NHL past to triumph back-to-back Stanley Cups with antithetic teams, archetypal with the New Jersey Devils and past with the Colorado Avalanche.

NHL GREAT CLAUDE LEMIEUX, 60, DEAD JUST DAYS AFTER MAKING AN APPEARANCE AT THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL

Claude Lemieux

Claude Lemieux won 4 Stanley Cups during his career, the archetypal of which came successful 1986 with the Montreal Canadiens. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images)

After the 1995 Stanley Cup Final, Lemieux was besides awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy. In his postseason career, Lemieux had 158 points (80G, 78A) successful 234 games played.

Lemieux past played successful the NHL with the San Jose Sharks, and retired successful 2009.

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In all, helium appeared successful 1,215 NHL games for the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks.

He went connected to go a subordinate agent, and oddly enough, according to North State Journal, represented Carolina Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen.

OutKick's Matt Reigle and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Chantz Martin is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.

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