The Olympian and the Ingenue: Spider Sabich and Claudine Longet

When a famous French actress and singer meets a handsome Olympic skier in 1970's Aspen, Colorado sparks fly. The duo becomes the IT couple of the party scene - that is until one of them ends up dead. Was it an accident or something more sinister?

Sources:

1. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13681642/spider_sabich

2. Snow Industry News: https://www.snowindustrynews.com/articles/2023/august/spider-sabichs-killler-claudine-longet-lists-aspen-mansion-for-595-million/

3. Stowe Reporter: https://www.vtcng.com/stowe_reporter/on_snow/revisiting-the-scandalous-spider-sabich-shooting-story/article_0fba6b4e-bb80-11ee-99d6-171d5dfd6456.html#:~:text=At%20a%20celebrity%20ski%20race,children%20into%20his%20Aspen%20home.

4. Birmingham Post-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/795107393/?match=1&terms=dr%20mary%20frances%20sabich

5. The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/11/archives/miss-longet-weeps-at-an-autopsy-report-on-sabich.html#:~:text=Sabich%20had%20been%20expected%20to,in%20her%20hand%20while%20Mr.

6. Greeley Daily Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/25122163/?match=1&terms=spider%20sabich

7. Greeley Daily Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/25131335/?match=1&terms=claudine%20longet

8. The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/01/archives/miss-longed-given-30-days.html

9. Greeley Daily Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/25125612/?match=1&terms=%22claudine%20longet%22

10. Greeley Daily Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/25130517/?match=1&terms=%22claudine%20longet%22

11. Aspen Dreams: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22559121-aspen-dreams

12. Aspen Times: https://www.aspentimes.com/news/spider-sabich-lives-on-in-film-and-party/

13. Ski Racing: https://skiracing.com/on-spider-sabich-day-in-snowmass-the-ski-racing-icon-was-honored-for-his-imprint-and-legacy/

14. GQ: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/claudine-longet-aspens-femme-fatale

15. Power, Privilege, and Justice: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWBCOS8473s

16. The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/13/archives/miss-longet-on-stand-describes-shooting-her-lover.html

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