Guy Lafleur to be honoured in national funeral May 3
Quebec Premier François Legault has confirmed a nationwide funeral will likely be held for Man Lafleur, the Montreal Canadiens celebrity and hockey Corridor of Famer who died on the age 70 Friday.
Legault tweeted the choice Sunday morning, saying Lafleur’s household had agreed to the Quebec authorities’s proposal.
The service will likely be held at 11 a.m. Could 3 on the Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral in downtown Montreal.
Visitations will likely be held on the Bell Centre Could 1 from 12 p.m. to eight p.m. and Could 2 from 10:30 a.m. to three p.m., when the Montreal Canadiens legend will likely be laid in a chapel of relaxation.
Lafleur, who led the Canadiens to 4 straight Stanley Cup titles within the Nineteen Seventies and continues to be the all-time factors chief for the Habs, handed away on the age of 70. He had struggled with well being situations, together with a recurrence of lung most cancers in October of 2020.
The announcement of a nationwide funeral for Lafleur follows comparable honours for fellow Canadiens icons, Maurice Richard and Jean Béliveau, in 2000 and 2014 respectively.
Quantity 10 ‘in our collective reminiscence’
Legault held a information convention after Lafleur’s loss of life Friday, saying the federal government was in discussions with the household a couple of nationwide funeral.
“I believe it is an entire people who find themselves in mourning and it is regular that they’ll bid their farewells to Man Lafleur,” Legault mentioned.
“Quantity 10 will likely be in our collective reminiscence, at all times.”
Legault mentioned the federal government has additionally opened a web based book of condolences on the Quebec.ca web site, so all Quebecers who want to share a message in honour of Lafleur can achieve this. The registry will then be handed on to his household.
Sunday, the Montreal Canadiens mentioned it will be honouring Lafleur at its recreation this night. All the crew’s gamers will likely be carrying a Quantity 10 patch on their jerseys and take part in a ceremony celebrating Lafleur and his accomplishments.
The Canadiens additionally created a web based book of condolences, inviting folks to share their reminiscences of the hockey icon.
