Lance Mackey Cause of Death

American dog musher and dog sled racer from Fairbanks, Alaska, Lance Mackey has died. He was 52 years old.

Mackey was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2001. Despite this, he didn’t let his diagnosis impede his career and entered the 2002 Iditarod race.

However, he would not finish that race. Due to complications from his cancer treatment, including a feeding tube, Mackey was forced to scratch from that race and take a full year off from racing to recover.

After radiation treatment that led to the degradation of his teeth, his cancer was deemed in remission. He also suffered from Raynaud’s syndrome, which caused immense pain in Mackey’s finger, leading him to voluntarily have his left index finger amputated.

Mackey died of throat cancer on September 7, 2022.