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was injured during a road trip. Prior to his signing, he regularly worked out with the team and played in an amateur league with former professional athletes. When speaking of his decision to sign with the team, he said "I will bet all my money no team will get as many as 15 shots at me. These
329:, given to media members who "distinguished themselves during their career". Beauchamp suffered from diabetes throughout his life and his activism was recognized by the Juvenile Diabetes International organization in 1982 with the Man of the Year award. In 1986, he became a Member of the
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Beauchamp saying, "if Jacques Beauchamp had not entered the Journal de Montréal, we would never have experienced such a boom. To a certain extent, we even owe the Journal's survival to him." His influence expanded beyond newspaper sales and influenced the hiring of
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in 1977, a daily sports-heavy tabloid of which
Beauchamp was the editor-in-chief. When speaking of the newspaper, he said "we're going to try to build our paper on happiness, on smiles". Beauchamp served as a vice-president of media conglomerate
278:. He had a large impact on the journal and was considered the most widely read sports journalist in Quebec. During his tenure at the paper, readership increased from 48,000 copies daily to 100,000 in one year which publisher
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hosted a section called Ligue du vieux stove. Beauchamp was also invited to participate as a commentator in the Ligue du Vieux PoĂŞle moderated by Jean-Maurice Bailly.
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players are my friends. The checking and the defense would be truly magnificent". He continued his journalism work with the
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