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Virus kills Former GTNP boss
A onetime Grand Teton National Park superintendent who rose to the top of the National Park Service has died after contracting COVID-19.
Gary Everhardt, 86, led Teton Park from 1972 to 1975, departing to become the ninth director of the National Park Service under presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Both Gary and his wife, Nancy, succumbed to complications from the novel coronavirus during the past week in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area, according to longtime friend and fellow Park Service retiree Phil Francis.
âThey both had COVID, and it was contracted through an assisted care facility,â Francis said Monday. âShe died Wednesday night, and Gary died last night.â