Mr. Bossy died in Montreal on Thursday night. He announced in October that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer
. He leaves Lucie Creamer, his wife of 44 years, and their daughters, Josianne, an artist, and Tanya, a hospital administrator. He was predeceased by three siblings. A full list of survivors was unavailable.
“I was dumped by defenceman Lars Lindgren just as Brodeur kicked my second shot back to me,” he wrote in his 1988 autobiography,, written with Barry Meisel. “I was parallel to the ice, in the air, about to land on my stomach and face from the force of Lindgren’s hit when the puck reached me.”
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