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Prominent New Jersey Ski Shop Owners

Richard and Carol Fallon
Passing Date: May 3, 2020

Trailblazing New Jersey ski shop owners Dick and Carol Fallon passed away May 3 in their Scottsdale, Arizona, home. Dick was 93, and Carol was 87.   Just about any skier raised in New Jersey has ventured into a Ski Barn thanks to Dick and Carol Fallon. Starting with a single small store in Little...

Snowmaking and Seven Springs Resort Pioneer

Herman Dupré
Passing Date: April 25, 2020

Herman Kress Dupré, the visionary behind HKD Snowmakers and Seven Springs Resort, Pennsylvania, died April 25 at his Seven Springs home. He was 87.   Herman assumed management of Seven Springs resort at the age of 23 upon the death of his father. He transformed modest rope-tow hill into one of the...

Vail hotelier, Indy racing patriarch

Bob Lazier
Passing Date: April 18, 2020

Bob Lazier, one of Vail’s pioneering hoteliers and the patriarch of a successful auto racing family, died from complications from COVID-19 on April 18 in Denver. He was 81.   While working in a ski shop in his native Minnesota, Bob saw a brochure about a new European-themed resort opening in...

Superstar instructor, film star

Corky Fowler
Passing Date: April 16, 2020

Hood Corey "Corky" Fowler, 75, died in Livingston, Montana, on April 16, after a long illness.  The following article was first published in the June, 2010 issue of Skiing Heritage magazine. High-Flying Corky Fowler He was a superstar ski instructor at Sun Valley and Snowbird. Then he walked away...

Influential cross-country racer, manufacturer, gear rep

Bob Tucker
Passing Date: April 1, 2020

Bob Tucker died on April 1, on his 59th wedding anniversary, at his home in Carbondale, Colorado. He was 89.   His passion for skiing led him to a lifelong and influential career in the industry, as a competitor, manufacturer, importer and gear rep.   Born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1931, Bob...

Sport Obermeyer executive, 40-year sales representative

Gary Speckmann
Passing Date: March 29, 2020

Gary Speckmann Sport Obermeyer executive, 40-year sales representative   Gary Speckmann passed away March 29 in his home in Boulder, Colorado. He was 86.   Gary was born in Fremont, Nebraska. The family moved to La Junta, Colorado, where Gary spent his formative years and he graduated from high...

Ski area architect, ISHA founding director

Jimmie Ray Nunn
Passing Date: March 10, 2020

Jimmie Ray Nunn, a ski area designer and a founding director of the International Skiing History Association, passed away in Phoenix on March 10, 2020. He was 92. Nunn grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona, and began skiing at age six, four years before the area got its first rope tow. After World War II...

Two-time nordic Olympian and collegiate star

Mack Miller
Passing Date: February 16, 2020

Andrew Markley “Mack” Miller, the most prominent American cross-country skier of the 1950s, died February 16. He was 88. Miller was a two-time Olympian who competed in the Winter Games in 1956 at Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy (racing in the 15k and 4x10 relay events) and in 1960 at Squaw Valley,...

Two-time Nordic Olympian and collegiate star

Mack Miller
Passing Date: February 16, 2020

Andrew Markley “Mack” Miller, the most prominent American cross-country skier of the 1950s, died February 16. He was 88.   Mack was a two-time Olympian who competed in the Winter Games in 1956 at Cortina D’Ampezzo (racing in the 15k and 4x10 relay events) and in 1960 at Squaw Valley (15k and 30k)....

Mammoth Mountain founder, coach

Dave McCoy
Passing Date: February 8, 2020

Dave McCoy, founder of Mammoth Mountain and coach to a generation of American ski racers, died February 9 at age 104. Born in El Segundo, California, McCoy began traveling to the eastern Sierra at age 13. While living with his grandparents in Washington State, he made a pair of skis in a high...