Alaskan dog musher and dog sled racer Lance Mackey has died after a prolonged battle with cancer. This news was made public by his parents in a social media post from Wednesday. Mackey, most recently from Fairbanks, who lived for several years in Kasilof, was a four-time winner of the Yukon Quest and four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, in addition to surviving cancer. Mackey was 52-years-old.
Mackey, in an August 4 interview with Iditarod Insider, Greg Heister, spoke over the phone regarding his recent battles with the illness:
Mackey didn’t participate in the Iditarod over the past several years after experiencing several setbacks. The family will release more information on the social media page at a later time.
