Legacy MattersIf you know what the Iditarod is, you can credit Susan Butcher.
She died at 51 in a Seattle hospital after a recurrence of leukemia after a recent stem-cell transplant.
Iditarod Legend Dies of Leukemia.
"What she did is brought this race to an audience that had never been aware of it before simply because of her personality," Iditarod spokesman Chas St. George said.
Condolences to her husband and two daughters.
R.I.P.
Posted by Jill Fallon at August 8, 2006 6:53 AM | Permalink