Musher and dog trainer Rick Mackey has died. He won the grueling Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska in 1983. His daughter Brenda Mackey tells The Associated Press he died Monday of lung cancer. Mackey participated in 22 Iditarods between 1975 and 2004, notching 13 top 10 finishes. The Mackey name is synonymous with the Iditarod.
FILE - In this March 6, 1999, file photo, soap opera star Susan Lucci takes a ride in the sled of musher Rick Mackey at the start of the 27th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska . Mackey, the winner of the 1983 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, has died of lung cancer , his daughter Brenda told The Associated Press, Wednesday, May 11, 2024. Mackey, who died Monday, May 13, was 71.
Rick Mackey was born in Concord, New Hampshire, on May 1, 1953, and moved with family to Alaska in 1959. When not racing, Rick and Patti Mackey ran their own kennel and bred dogs. Not only does she consider her husband the best musher, but he was also an “incredible” trainer, she said. Rick Mackey participated in 22 Iditarods between 1975 and 2004, notching 13 top 10 finishes, including coming in second in 1994 behind four-time champion Martin Buser.
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