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Former Louisiana [[Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]] of Baton Rouge recalled in a statement to ''The Morning Advocate'' that LaPlante was a most dedicated journalist: "John was a stickler for the truth. He was passionate about his work, and he was persistent. What I remember about John is the fact he was always there. If there was something happening that was shaping Louisiana, John was there."
Former Louisiana [[Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]] of Baton Rouge recalled in a statement to ''The Morning Advocate'' that LaPlante was a most dedicated journalist: "John was a stickler for the truth. He was passionate about his work, and he was persistent. What I remember about John is the fact he was always there. If there was something happening that was shaping Louisiana, John was there."
LaPlante was the third prominent Louisiana journalist to die unexpectedly between April 14 and May 10, 2007. [[Ken Case]] of [[television]] station KNOE in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], died in a traffic accident. [[Tim Greening]], humor columnist with ''The Shreveport Times,'' died on April 18 of an apparent heart attack at the age of only thirty-eight.
On February 2, 2008, less than a year after his death, LaPlante was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductees.php?viewID=63|title=Political Hall of Fame: John M. LaPlante, Jr.|publisher=Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame|date=February 2, 2008|accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
On February 2, 2008, less than a year after his death, LaPlante was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductees.php?viewID=63|title=Political Hall of Fame: John M. LaPlante, Jr.|publisher=Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame|date=February 2, 2008|accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>