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<p>Olympic skiing champion Bill Johnson is wheeled out of the emergency-room door at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in April 2001 en route to a medical jet that took him to Portland. At left is Erik Rosendahl of the Kalispell fire/ambulance crew. At right is Jimmy Cooper, Johnson’s stepfather. In the background is hospital spokesman Jim Oliverson.</p>

<p>Olympic skiing champion Bill Johnson is wheeled out of the emergency-room door at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in April 2001 en route to a medical jet that took him to Portland. At left is Erik Rosendahl of the Kalispell fire/ambulance crew. At right is Jimmy Cooper, Johnson’s stepfather. In the background is hospital spokesman Jim Oliverson.</p>

January 22, 2016

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Olympic ski champ Johnson dies at 55
January 22, 2016 8:35 a.m.

Olympic ski champ Johnson dies at 55

Bill Johnson, the brash American who became the first U.S. skier to win an Olympic downhill title, died after a long illness, the U.S. ski team said Friday. He was 55.