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Spider Sabich. American Alpine Ski Racer. He helped popularize skiing in the US in the late 1960s and early 1970s and is remembered for his participation as a member of the US Ski Team on the World Cup circuit, and for his controversial death involving his live-in girlfriend, singer-actress Claudine Longet, who was the former wife of...
Sabich is buried next to his older sister, Mary Frances Sabich, a physician who died of brain cancer in 1988 at the age of 45. Younger brother Steve died of melanoma in 2004 at age 57, shortly after the deaths of their parents.
Longet shot Sabich in the stomach with an imitation World War II luger pistol while he was showering in his Aspen, Colorado, home. He bled to death before an ambulance could arrive. He was 31. Longet claimed the gun went off accidentally as Sabich was showing her how to use it.
Mar 14, 2024 · For most people around the world who know it, the name Spider Sabich conjures images of ski country’s most lurid true crime tale, set in the decadent Aspen of the 1970s, in which he — the dashing young ski champion — is shot dead by his starlet girlfriend.
Spider Sabich Famous Memorial Flowers have been left Memorial ID 10 Jan 1945 – 21 Mar 1976. American Alpine Ski Racer. He helped popularize...
By March of 1976, Spider had decided to quit ski racing and break up with Longet. On March 21, Sabich returned home after a day of training at Buttermilk, and Longet shot and killed him in his own bathroom. As the ski world reeled from losing a favorite son, his impact endured.
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Jeff checks out a cemetery in Placerville to revisit the lives of TV western star Ralph Taeger and Olympic ski champion Spider Sabich who was the focus of a ...
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