PHOTOS: 4-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey through the years

Alaska mushing legend Lance Mackey, who won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race four times, died this week at age 52 after a long battle with cancer. Here are photos of Mackey through the years by Anchorage Daily News photographers.

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Lance Mackey in Ophir on March 10, 2016 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Marc Lester / ADN)

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Alaska mushing legend Lance Mackey, 4-time Iditarod champ, dies at age 52