Hockey player.
Artist.
Father.
Lost in a senseless accident in late summer, in his early 30s.
Before Johnny Gaudreau, there was Valeri Borisovich Kharlamov.
One of the most dynamic and productive wingers of the Cold War era, the Soviet winger only showed glimpses of his talent to North Americans before being killed in a car crash on August 27, 1981, aged 33.
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