Former Iditarod musher Paul Gebhardt dies at 67. | Image/Article Credit: Joey Klecka, KTUU - Soldotna, Alaska 
Former Iditarod musher Paul Gebhardt dies at 67
Former Iditarod musher Paul Gebhardt died Saturday morning after a lengthy illness, according to Iditarod officials. He was 67.
The Kasilof musher was diagnosed with cancer in 2017, and according to Iditarod Race Director Mark Nordman, had been in declining health. Nordman said he believes Gebhardt was receiving hospital care in Soldotna when he died early Saturday morning.
After getting the news he had multiple myeloma — a form of cancer that attacks blood cells, bone, and the immune system — Gebhardt received chemotherapy treatment in Alaska before receiving care in Seattle.
Gebhardt had not been as active in mushing in recent years and last raced the Iditarod in 2017, when he finished 10th.
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