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No he wasn't. He was 73.
La Presse's sports journalists are like this too. You know, people who are actual members of the FPJQ.It's crazy how all these Soirée du hockey/Olympic personalities seem like such nice people with great character that ooze professionalism. I don't know but I can't stand 90% of the sports personalities these days the way the act. Maybe it's just nostalgia but I never heard a bad word regarding any of them. All of them from René Lecavalier, Lionel Duval, Gilles Tremblay, Richard Garneau, Jean Pagé all seem like genuine smart good people.
It's crazy how all these Soirée du hockey/Olympic personalities seem like such nice people with great character that ooze professionalism. I don't know but I can't stand 90% of the sports personalities these days the way the act. Maybe it's just nostalgia but I never heard a bad word regarding any of them. All of them from René Lecavalier, Lionel Duval, Gilles Tremblay, Richard Garneau, Jean Pagé all seem like genuine smart good people.
Pierre Houde speaking about Pagé just now on RDS.
Says he spent a few hours with his daughter at an Als game a few weeks ago and how he was moved by Pagé's courage.
René Lecavalier, Lionel Duval, Richard Garneau, Claude Quenneville ... following all of these greats was Jean Pagé who brought La soirée du hockey into a new era. Remembers all the time he spent co-hosting La soirée du hockey with Pagé, drinking wine after the broadcasts, how Pagé would laugh at Houde's imitations.
RIP Jean. Thanks for being part of this classic:
I think that's the biggest difference with that generation, it was always about the athlete. Never about their personal agenda and never any need for made up hot takes. They had so much respect for the athletes and never crossed that line. Class all the way through.May he RIP. He was a big part of my childhood watching hockey.
Looking at it today, he didn't pretend to be someone he was not, and never tried to make it about himself. It was always about the athletes.