QUEBEC - Sports journalist Albert Ladouceur has died in a Quebec hospital at the age of 63.
Ladouceur suffered from pancreas cancer, a disease he found out he had in August 2013.
He published a book in April 2014 called "Dejoue par le cancer", which had a preface written by former Quebec Nordique Peter Stastny. He also published a second book called "Raconte-moi les Nordiques."
Ladouceur worked for the Journal de Quebec and was last featured in their paper in mid-April.
He was born in Montreal on December 14, 1951 and started out at the Montreal-Matin in 1973 where he contributed to coverage of the Montreal Canadiens.