Rick Mackey was born in Concord, New Hampshire, on May 1, 1953, and moved with family to Alaska in 1959. Before the first Iditarod in 1973, Brenda said her father asked Dick Mackey for a dog.

Rick Mackey, the winner of the 1983 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, has died of lung cancer, his daughter told The Associated Press Wednesday. Mackey, who died Monday, was 71.

Rick Mackey: File photo. The 1983 Iditarod winner died on Monday. He was 71. (Lance King/Getty Images) By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk May 14, 2024 at 11:45 pm EDT ...

Rick Mackey, the winner of the 1983 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, has died of lung cancer, his daughter told The Associated Press Wednesday. Mr. Mackey, who died Monday, was 71.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Rick Mackey, a musher who won the 1983 Iditarod race, died Monday after a 19-month battle with cancer. He was 71. Mackey, of Nenana, was part of an Alaska mushing dynasty ...

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 ...