Claude Lemieux’s family authorized Boston University’s CTE Center to receive his brain to research long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries. He died by suicide at age 60 on Thursday, according to authorities, after serving as the Montreal Canadiens’ torchbearer earlier in the week before a playoff game. Lemieux played nearly 1,500 NHL games with six teams from 1983 to 2009, known for hard-hitting play and big-game performance, and won the Stanley Cup four times. The family said no diagnostic conclusions should be drawn from the research and that CTE can only be diagnosed after death, with symptoms including memory loss, brain fog, aggression, mood swings, and depression. Suicide and domestic violence hotline numbers were provided for the US, UK/Ireland, and Australia.
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