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Jean Vuarnet of France at the 1960 Winter Olympics in California. He won on metal skis, not the traditional wooden ones.
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Jean Vuarnet
Died on January 2, 2017 at age 83
At the 1960 Winter Olympics, Vuarnet unveiled the tuck — a radical new skiing position that now seems obvious — and rode it to a gold medal.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.