Olympic skier Jeremy Nobis, ‘The Icon,’ dies in a Utah jail

Nobis, 52, was being held in the Iron County jail as he awaited sentencing in a DUI case.

(Craig Hansell | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jeremy Nobis competes in Park City, January 1991.

(Craig Hansell | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jeremy Nobis competes in Park City, January 1991.

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