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Jim Deblois

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Death Date: June 13, 2011

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Denver Post page 3B - June 14, 2011

Man killed in bike crash. Copyright Denver Post.

Vail Daily page A10 - June 15, 2011

Cyclist who died in Eagle County during tour named
Daily staff report
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Vail, CO Colorado.

RED CLIFF, Colorado — Eagle County Coroner Kara Bettis has released the name of the 67-year-old Ride the Rockies cyclist who died Monday on Tennessee Pass.

Jim Deblois of Cape Girardeau, Mo., was found in on U.S. Highway 24 outside of Minturn at about 1:40 p.m. No one witnessed him fall.

Deblois was taken to Vail Valley Medical Center but was unable to be revived. An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday. The cause and manner of death was not known, pending autopsy results.

Vail Daily - June 16, 2011

Cyclist died of blunt force trauma on Tennessee Pass
Death ruled an accident
Daily staff report.
EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado — An autopsy performed on Jim Deblois, the Ride the Rockies participant who died on Monday, shows the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head and chest. The injuries were most likely sustained during a bike crash; however, there were no witnesses. The 67-year-old Cape Girardeau, Mo. man was found on U.S. Highway 24 outside of Minturn, on the descent of Tennessee Pass.

Eagle County Coroner Kara Bettis has ruled the manner of death as an accident.

Vail Daily page A3 - June 14, 2011

Missouri man dies in a bike crash on tour. (Copyright Vail Daily)

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