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LaPlante was the third prominent Louisiana journalist to die unexpectedly between April 14 and July 8, 2007. [[Tim Greening]], humor columnist with ''The Shreveport Times,'' died on April 18 of an apparent heart attack at the age of only thirty-eight. [[Ken Case]] of [[television]] station KNOE in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], died in a traffic accident on May 10. [[Mike Dunne]], environmental reporter for ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' died of cancer.

LaPlante was the third prominent Louisiana journalist to die unexpectedly between April 14 and July 8, 2007. [[Tim Greening]], humor columnist with ''The Shreveport Times,'' died on April 18 of an apparent heart attack at the age of only thirty-eight. [[Ken Case]] of [[television]] station KNOE in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], died in a traffic accident on May 10. [[Mike Dunne]], environmental reporter for ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' died of cancer.

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>

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