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DIED. REGINE CAVAGNOUD, 31, world champion high-speed skier; after colliding with a German coach while training on a glacier in Innsbruck, Austria. Cavagnoud won last year's super-G World Cup and was third in the World Cup overall. She was considered a top contender for France in the 2002 Winter Olympics...
...failed merger with U.S. Airways and labor troubles. Investors lost confidence when he suggested United might "perish" in the wake of Sept. 11. Goodwin has been replaced by John W. Creighton, former CEO of Weyerhaeuser. DIED. REGINE CAVAGNOUD, 31, world Super-G champion; in Innsbruck, Austria. The French skier died of injuries suffered when she collided with German national coach Markus Anwander during a downhill practice run (see Eulogy). DIED. GRIGORY CHUKHRAI, 80, celebrated Soviet-era filmmaker; in Moscow. A WW II veteran, his major films dealt with war, including Ballad of a Soldier, which won the 1960 Cannes award...
...Eulogy By MARIELLE GOITSCHEL, French Olympic gold medal skier...
DIED. DIANA GOLDEN BROSNIHAN, 38, one-legged ski racer and Olympic gold medalist; of cancer; in Providence, R.I. Brosnihan battled cancer throughout her life, losing her right leg at the age of 12. A gifted skier, she refused to give up the slopes and went on to win 19 U.S. titles as a disabled athlete...
...jailed in 1964 along with Nelson Mandela, a fellow African National Congress leader; in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He was released from prison in 1987 and, seven years later, won a seat in Parliament in South Africa's first all-race elections. DIED. DIANA GOLDEN BROSNIHAN, 38, avid skier who lost a leg to cancer at age 12 but persevered and won a gold medal in disabled skiing at the 1988 Calgary Olympics; of cancer, in Providence, Rhode Island. Brosnihan persuaded the U.S. Ski Association to allow disabled skiers to compete against able-bodied skiers...