Dan Seavey, who helped organize the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and whose son and grandson have each won the famous Alaska race multiple times, has died. He was 87.

Dan Seavey, who helped organize the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and whose son and grandson have each won the famous Alaska race multiple times, has died. He was 87. The Minnesota native ...

Dan Seavey, who helped organize the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and whose son and grandson have each won the famous Alaska race multiple times, has died. He was 87. The Minnesota native ...

FILE - Dan Seavey prepares to leave the Skwentna, Alaska, checkpoint of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 5, 2012. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP,File) FILE - Dan Seavey ...