William R. (Bil) Dunaway, the longtime owner, editor and publisher of The Aspen Times, died Friday morning, Feb. 25, at Heritage Park Care Center in Carbondale.
He was 87 years old.
From the Alps to the ocean, from the Himalayas to Aspen, Dunaway had been almost too busy for just one life. Always adventuresome and a born raconteur, he had great stories to tell.
In 1942 he joined the 10th Mountain Division, the newly formed ski and mountaineering force.
After the war he came to Aspen for a veterans ski race. Taking a high-speed spill, he ended up with a cast clear up to his hip. He recalled the injury as a stroke of luck because it kept him in Aspen and allowed him to visit The Aspen Times.
He had no intention of buying it, but he said, “I liked Aspen and I saw a future with the paper. I’d always been interested in newspapers and freedom of the press.”
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