Marathon icon Dick Hoyt dies, 80

By adamg on Wed, 03/17/2021 - 12:46pm

WBZ reports the death of Dick Hoyt, who would push his son Rick in a wheelchair during the Boston Marathon for years.

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By mg on Wed, 03/17/2021 - 2:09pm.

By Big mama on Wed, 03/17/2021 - 2:29pm.

I’m sure he was heartbroken the marathon was canceled.

By merlinmurph on Wed, 03/17/2021 - 6:07pm.

These guys did triathlons with Dick pulling Rick in a rowboat.
They did a bike ride across the USA.

I've watched the Marathon at various places along the course and always got a bit emotional when the Hoyts went by.

RIP Dick.

By anon on Wed, 03/17/2021 - 7:36pm.

a great featurette on the Hoyts from a few years back:

By merlinmurph on Fri, 03/19/2021 - 8:45am.

My bike ride today took me thru Hopkinton center where this statue at the Center School is.

Edit: fixed junk with help from swrrly

By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 03/18/2021 - 6:08pm.

Select "filtered html" when you post.

You can do this now using the edit function.

By brianjdamico on Thu, 03/18/2021 - 9:27pm.

The best of us.