Robert McIntyre, who photographed presidents, athletes and Hollywood celebrities at The Broadmoor hotel for more than 50 years, died suddenly March 13 at his home. He was 83.
About 150 of his best-known photographs are displayed in Broadmoor West, including one of Bob Hope trying to use body language to sink a putt on one of The Broadmoor’s courses and another of entertainer Liberace winking at the camera. McIntyre took golf legend Jack Nicklaus on a fishing trip in 1959 just before Nicklaus won the U.S. Amateur Championship, was a friend and regular fishing partner with Broadmoor patriarch William Thayer Tutt and socialized with many of the city’s power brokers.
McIntyre was a third-generation Colorado Springs resident, born Jan. 4, 1928, the son of Harry and Ada McIntyre. He graduated from Colorado Springs (now Palmer) High School in 1947 and was a veteran of the Korean War, serving in Japan. After he was hired by The Broadmoor, McIntyre took his first celebrity photo of radio newsman and Victor native Lowell Thomas and went on to photograph seven presidents, actors Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart, pianist Van Cliburn and entertainer Victor Borge.
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