Slaying on the Slopes: Was Famed Skier Spider Sabich’s Death a Tragic Accident or Cold Blood Murder?

French entertainer and socialite Claudine Longet likely caught some mourners off guard when she attended a memorial service in Aspen to grieve her dead boyfriend, the Olympic skiing champion Vladimir “Spider” Sabich. After all, just six days earlier she had shot him to death under questionable circumstances. On March 21, 1976, following time on the slopes, Sabich, 31, returned to the home he shared with Paris-born Longet and got ready to shower. What happened next remains in dispute. Longet claimed Sabich was showing her how to use an imitation .22 German Luger when the World War II firearm went off… Read Full Article