Paul Robbins: - February 25, 2008
WEATHERSFIELD, Vt. (AP) -- Paul Robbins, a ski and travel journalist who was the U.S. Ski Team's primary writer for more than two decades, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack. He was 68.
Robbins died while working in his home, the U.S. Ski Team said.
Well known for wearing a Scottish tam, Robbins started writing about ski racing in the late '70s. His work appeared in many magazines, including Skiing, SKI and Ski Racing.
Robbins worked at eight Winter Olympics -- every one since 1980 in Lake Placid, where he served as press chief for luge. At subsequent Olympics he was a press officer for the U.S. Ski Team, as well as a commentator on Nordic sports for CBS and NBC.
Robbins was an Army veteran who served as an information officer in South Korea in the early '60s. He later worked for United Press International in Boston and was New England bureau chief.
WEATHERSFIELD, Vt. (AP) -- Paul Robbins, a ski and travel journalist who was the U.S. Ski Team's primary writer for more than two decades, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack. He was 68.
Robbins died while working in his home, the U.S. Ski Team said.
Well known for wearing a Scottish tam, Robbins started writing about ski racing in the late '70s. His work appeared in many magazines, including Skiing, SKI and Ski Racing.
Robbins worked at eight Winter Olympics -- every one since 1980 in Lake Placid, where he served as press chief for luge. At subsequent Olympics he was a press officer for the U.S. Ski Team, as well as a commentator on Nordic sports for CBS and NBC.
Robbins was an Army veteran who served as an information officer in South Korea in the early '60s. He later worked for United Press International in Boston and was New England bureau chief.
Paul Robbins: - February 25, 2008
WEATHERSFIELD, Vt. (AP) -- Paul Robbins, a ski and travel journalist who was the U.S. Ski Team's primary writer for more than two decades, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack. He was 68.
Robbins died while working in his home, the U.S. Ski Team said.
Well known for wearing a Scottish tam, Robbins started writing about ski racing in the late '70s. His work appeared in many magazines, including Skiing, SKI and Ski Racing.
Robbins worked at eight Winter Olympics -- every one since 1980 in Lake Placid, where he served as press chief for luge. At subsequent Olympics he was a press officer for the U.S. Ski Team, as well as a commentator on Nordic sports for CBS and NBC.
Robbins was an Army veteran who served as an information officer in South Korea in the early '60s. He later worked for United Press International in Boston and was New England bureau chief.
WEATHERSFIELD, Vt. (AP) -- Paul Robbins, a ski and travel journalist who was the U.S. Ski Team's primary writer for more than two decades, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack. He was 68.
Robbins died while working in his home, the U.S. Ski Team said.
Well known for wearing a Scottish tam, Robbins started writing about ski racing in the late '70s. His work appeared in many magazines, including Skiing, SKI and Ski Racing.
Robbins worked at eight Winter Olympics -- every one since 1980 in Lake Placid, where he served as press chief for luge. At subsequent Olympics he was a press officer for the U.S. Ski Team, as well as a commentator on Nordic sports for CBS and NBC.
Robbins was an Army veteran who served as an information officer in South Korea in the early '60s. He later worked for United Press International in Boston and was New England bureau chief.
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