Andre Trudelle, a longtime horse racing writer for Montreal daily newspaper La Presse, has passed away at age 81 from the complications of lung cancer

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A jovial, cultured man who retired in 2003, Trudelle worked 50 years for La Presse in a variety of capacities. In the 1950s, he covered the Montreal Canadiens during the Maurice Richard years, as he travelled with the hockey team by train.

In recent years, he wrote a bridge column.

He leaves second wife Beatrice Picard and six children.

Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.

Please join Standardbred Canada in offering condolences to the family and friends of Andre Trudelle.

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