Curtis Imrie

Walter Curtis Imrie Jr. (18 September 1946 to 21 January 2017) was an American radio personality, film-maker, sportsman, animal breeder and unsuccessful candidate for elected office in Colorado. He was best known as an organizer and competitor of pack burro races in Colorado mining towns such as Dillon, Colorado City and Leadville, taking part in about 200 of them over more than 40 years and winning three world championships, which led the New York Times to call him the Dean of Burro Racing. To condition himself for those races he also ran the Boston Marathon and the New York City Marathon and completed ultramarathons such as the Leadville Trail 100. He bred donkeys for racing, endurance and shows, made and acted in films about life in central Colorado, and died of a heart attack in Denver in 2017.