Iditarod champion Rick Mackey dies of cancer at age 71
Mackey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1983 and his late brother, Lance, won an unprecedented four straight championships.
Source: alaskapublic.org
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Mackey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1983 and his late brother, Lance, won an unprecedented four straight championships.
Rick Mackey was part of an Alaska mushing dynasty that includes his father, Dick Mackey, and brother, Lance Mackey.
Rick Mackey, a musher who won the 1983 Iditarod race, died Monday after a 19-month battle with cancer. He was 71.
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