Maurice Richard Obit Robert Siegel speaks with Jean Dion, a reporter and columnist for the Montreal newspaper Le Devior about hockey legend Maurice Richard who succumbed to cancer last saturday. While he always claimed to be just an athelete, for many we was the symbol of the awakening spirit in French-speaking Canadians.

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Maurice Richard Obit

May 29, 200012:00 AM ET

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Robert Siegel speaks with Jean Dion, a reporter and columnist for the Montreal newspaper Le Devior about hockey legend Maurice Richard who succumbed to cancer last saturday. While he always claimed to be just an athelete, for many we was the symbol of the awakening spirit in French-speaking Canadians.