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Ex-Blue Mark Reeds dies of cancer at 55

3 hours ago  •  By Tom Timmermann

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Mark Reeds, shown as coach of the Missouri River Otters during a practice in 2004. (Photo by Don Adams Jr.)

The Blues are mourning the loss today of former player Mark Reeds, who died of cancer. He was 55.

Reeds had been an assistant coach with the Ottawa Senators since the 2011-12 season. According to the Ottawa Citizen, he was hospitalized with pneumonia and being treated in St. Louis.

Reeds was a fifth-round pick of the Blues (86th overall) in 1979.