Remembering Rangers legend Ron Duguay on "Good Day New York"

Former New York Rangers star Ron Duguay has died at the age of 69. Tina Cervasio is here. Tina, I've got to just put on that microphone real quick. So let's see. New York Rangers putting out a statement. They say the Rangers organization mourns the loss of Ron Duguay, one of the most popular players in franchise history. His signature skating style with his hair flowing as he moved down the ice captivated the Garden faithful, and his skill, tenacity, and charisma earned him the admiration of all New Yorkers. We join the hockey community in sending our condolences to Ron's friends family and loved ones during this difficult time and uh we have another uh let's see we have another okay so this is from uh Sarah Palin um it's with uh shattered heart but also deep peace knowing Ron is with Jesus now he fought so hard love never ends yes so uh Tina and he's friend of Good Day New York he's been here many times friends of Good Day New York and i knew Ron personally from 2008 when i was working at MSG Network so he was an analyst for the New York Rangers i was on the New York Knicks sideline so i've known him this is this hits um when he was diagnosed i mean i would text with Ron i mean yeah that's a text thread you have with him right there he congratulated me when i moved into a new home he congratulated me i'm getting the chills uh when i got this job because he had just we both kind of left MSG at the same time and um so let's see february is when he started posting a lot about this cancer and i reached out to him because my husband had colon cancer i knew Ron really well so um i just he was so nice to me and and that's the thing he was like he was like a Hollywood star on ice right he was married to Kim Alexis the supermodel they had all of these gorgeous children while he was here with the with the Rangers he was at Studio 54 he would do magazine covers he was you know had the long hair he was he was and he was a great you know aggressive scoring forward offensive minded was on the 1979 Rangers team that went to the Stanley Cup but he had all this fun stuff he was so new York right he was like a Joe Namath type a chef messing when they were always at Studio 54 those type of guys but um he was super nice loved um just you know loved talking about the Rangers one of his grandchildren is named Ranger talking about that uh hold on a second so that uh um we have something on our writer's desk here which is from an appearance that he had on Good Day talking about that sort of like larger than life personality kind of thing yeah so we gave him kind of a makeover it was like a haircut i believe yes let's take a look at that this was before i was full-time here all right let's take a look That commercial from 1980, who can forget Sassoon jeans and not many opportunities to do endorsements those years in the early 80s, so we grabbed what we could and for us we got to be together, we like to have fun and you know, there it is. So tell us about what's going on, I mean we kind of started the makeover yesterday, for For those who don't know, the makeover is going to be a full makeover. We're going to do it here live this morning on Good Day New York, starting right after this. And yesterday, you know, we went to Oscar Blondie and Luca Blondie. I gave you a consultation right there. And are you nervous about cutting the hair? I am, yeah. But I'm okay with it. It's something that I've kind of, you know, I go back to the 80s because I had such a good time. And so I'm still kind of an old hippie, so I still have a foot back in the 80s. But I want to be modern. And so I want to come up with a modern, more modern look. And so tweaking the hair and maybe change the clothes a little bit. Wait, wait, wait, wait. We changed the clothes a lot. We went to Balenciaga yesterday, and Nato helped us pick out some new clothes. Take a look at some of the clothes. I mean, you're going to look sharp. I mean, there's going to be a tie involved? Tie involved, yeah. I'm okay. It's just more, it's a cleaner look. Because I have it in me to be that guy, okay? that guy that that corporate looking that more updated looking guy so i'm okay with it so uh i i may appear nervous but i'm going to be okay with it because you assured me that you're not cutting my hair right no no but i did grab the scissors yesterday and threatened to cut your hair at Oscar Blondie all right so uh nonetheless we're asking people use the hashtag Good day Doug and give us your thoughts and what you think ron's going to look like when all is said and done and uh you'll have a new look tonight when you go on the MSG sports anchor Duke Castiglione doing interview there um yeah i mean you know i just you could just tell he's got he's like charisma yes and larger than life and loved life he loved his children and his uh four grandchildren um i love how these yeah messages are coming in brian recognizing your comment you say rest in peace ron duque very sad we know there is a uh rangers nation out there yeah um so devastated morning today um and he was on uh uh very recently i mean he shared his uh cancer battle and so he he went really public with it in february and that's when i reached out to him to praying for you ron my husband has colon cancer he was stage four and he wrote thank you it's fixable and he had the prayer the prayer hands emoji um i i think i he had posted some positive news in april i sent him clapping emojis and he always sent me like heart emojis back he was always praying always praying And then, um, right after the Knicks won the championship, I had posted about the U S men's national team doing a prayer on the field. He wrote back to me, how amazing is this? So we were just going back and forth. And, um, he had just finished an inside edition thing about his cancer, you know, and frustrated about it, about it. You know, he had the term F cancer. And I said, look, I can't wait to see it. You look strong. He did look very good. So he had it beat. It had various surgeries was looking great, looking strong. And then he started, something came back he had a relapse he fell he lost his teeth he had a really hard time putting weight back on can we see his picture just on the ice again there allison just the tweet from the Rangers yeah and this is him relatively recently and then we have the tweet also from the Rangers as well um just as we uh wrap up here so the Rangers offering their condolences um to Ron's friends family and loved ones during this difficult time i know tina you counted him among as a friend Yeah, I knew him a long time as a colleague and a colleague. So our condolences to him and his family as well. And we'll be keeping track of whatever comes next. Tina, thank you for sharing. Thank you. Yeah, absolutely.