RIP Jill Kinmont Boothe 1936-2012. Excitement filled my mind as I called Jill Kinmont Boothe. Jill Kinmont Boothe, a champion ski racer whose struggle to recuperate from a paralyzing fall became the subject of the popular 1975 film “The Other Side of the Mountain,’’ died Thursday. Jill Kinmont Boothe, a champion ski racer whose struggle to recuperate from a paralyzing fall became the subject of the popular 1975 film “The Other Side of the Mountain,’’ died Thursday. Jill Kinmont Boothe, the ski champion who grew up near Mammoth Mountain and was the subject of a book and two Hollywood films, has died.She was 75.

Jill Kinmont was born on February 16, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Beverly Jill Kinmont. Jill Kinmont Boothe was an alpine skier Olympic hopeful in the mid-1950s. This was two years ago, and Jill had graciously agreed to an interview for the book I was writing. They rent a summer house from a handsome truck driver named John Boothe. At age 18, Kinmont was the national women’s slalom champion and on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Jill Kinmont's encounter with the Sports Illustrated Cover Curse, however, was a bit more grim. She was the subject of a book, A Long Way Up: The Story of Jill Kinmont, by E.G. She died on February 9, 2012 in Carson City, Nevada, USA. I remember the swishing sound of skis as she pulled up in front of the camera. Directed by Larry Peerce. If Playing Jill Kinmont Weren't Painful Enough, Marilyn Hassett's Next Role Is Sylvia Plath this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Kinmont was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 1967. 700 likes. Jill Kinmont Boothe with long-time friend and mentor Dave McCoy. With Marilyn Hassett, Timothy Bottoms, Nan Martin, Belinda Montgomery. She was a week shy of her 76th birthday. With Marilyn Hassett, Beau Bridges, Belinda Montgomery, Nan Martin. Young ski champion Jill Kinmont is left paralyzed after a tragic skiing accident. Her best friend suffers the same fate after contracting polio. Blond hair, blue eye, a big smile. Several years after the deaths of Dick Buek and her father, Jill Kinmont and her mother leave Los Angeles to spend their summer in their hometown of Bishop, California. If Playing Jill Kinmont Weren't Painful Enough, Marilyn Hassett's Next Role Is Sylvia Plath this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Jill Kinmont was barely a legal adult when she was taking the ski world by storm.

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