Jean Béliveau passes away at 83.

[Deebs]

‏@BrandonPrust8
A true legend has passed away. Honoured to say I wore the same colours as the man.. Condolences to the Beliveau family

 

[Account Terminated]

Punch to the gut. Just devastating.

RIP, Mr. Beliveau.

 

[Fenway]

Bruins announcer Jack Edwards just gave Jean a wonderful eulogy on NESN.

As a Bruins fan he broke my heart so many times but there was never any hate, just respect.

My condolences to the Canadiens fans.

 

[Alicat]

Rest in Peace Jean Béliveau. Hockey lost a great man tonight.

My heat goes out to all Canadiens fans tonight.

 

[Bruwinz37]

Rest in Peace Jean

From a Bruin fan with all the respect in the world.

 

[Jee]

The greatest Hab that has ever been. Repose en paix, Jean.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

RIP Mr. Beliveau


...a bit of the essence of what Hockey is passed today...

 

[Lebowski]

I'm in disbelief right now.

RIP Mr. Béliveau.

 

[Alaix]

I never watched any of his games (shame on me), but he was one of my favorite all time Habs... R.I.P. Mr. Béliveau!

 

[Jackets Fan]

Oh my, I can't believe this. So sad. RIP Jean. Your legacy will live on forever.

 

[Barriwhite]

The quintessential Habs captain. RIP.

 

[Fenway]

 

[AboveandBeyond]

Rip Jean!

 

[GREMLIN]

RIP Mr.Beliveau, I never got to watch him being a 1990 kid but I read his book and got to shake his hand a couple times at the Bell Center. It is very sad to see a habs legend go, he was a true gentleman, if there we such a thing as a perfect man it'd be him.

 

[Kimota]

He took time to write to every single fan.

What's amazing is that he still did! He actually called a fan from another country once. That person was shocked.

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

Did RDS literally cut to commercial break as the narrator was speaking of Beliveau's life? REALLY!?!?!

That is reprehensible, unforgivable.

 

[void]

Awful news.

Thoughts & prayers to him and his family.

 

[badfish]

What a loss. Had a painting of Beliveau on my wall in my childhood bedroom. Sad loss for Canadiens and hockey.

 

[Bob Cole]

One of the greatest of all time. RIP Mr. Beliveau

 

[Habs8517]

RIP. Great hockey player but even a greater man.

 

[L4br3cqu3]

Rip

 

[hersky77]

RIP.

As i am quite to young to have watched Beliveau play, my fondest memory of him was when he and Metropolit fist bumped in the lockeroom runway during that magical playoff run.

He looked so pumped, I will always remember that moment.

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

Growing up you hear all the tales, you see snippets of the past greats, references, montages, pictures and statues. I never saw him play but somehow... I'm fiercely proud of him.

I guess that's what it means to be a true Montreal Canadien to a Montrealer. Some people call it living in the past but I think it's having heritage -- and Mr. Jean Beliveau was living proof of that class, that tradition, that dignity that never faded, but shone brightly every day he was around.

That clip of him pumping up Glen Metropolit and Maxim Lapierre in the 2011 playoff run was a particular favourite of mine. Beliveau personifies what it means to be a Montreal Canadien, and to be a sterling person. An all-around fantastic person, I know he will be revered and remembered and looked up to for decades to come.

 

[Sthabs]

RIP to the legend that best personified the habs.

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

Did RDS literally cut to commercial break as the narrator was speaking of Beliveau's life? REALLY!?!?!

That is reprehensible, unforgivable.

To be fair some broadcasts are automatic and sometimes the broadcast director (who is very, very stressed at all times) makes mistakes. There is no way it was purposeful or even negligent - must've been a slip of the finger.