Excellent Post On Jean Beliveau

I wanted to highlight Robert Lefebvre's excellent and highly personal post on Jean Beliveau's recent health concerns. Here's a quip:

Jean was on my mind most of the day yesterday. I was worried about what news the day would bring. I was surprised, and then again, not surprised that this seemed to concern me so much.

I know almost every detail of Jean's glorious on ice career, though I've only seen him play three seasons, much of it lost to memory. It is in fact his second act, that of an ambassador for hockey, for the Canadiens as its vice president for longer than he played, and his generosity to a multitude of causes that have marked me more.

In fact, even suggesting Beliveau as an ambassador for the game, short changes all that he is and means.

He has actually been an ambassador for the goodness of humanity.

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