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Guy Lafleur, the Montreal Canadiens icon who won five Stanley Cups and holds the franchise record for points, has died. He was 70.

The Canadiens announced the Hall of Famer's death Friday morning. He had been battling lung cancer since 2019. The news comes a week after the death of fellow Hall of Famer Mike Bossy, a four-time Stanley Cup winner with the New York Islanders in the same era as Lafleur.

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