Death
Huntley died of lung cancer in March 1974 at his home in Big Sky at the age of 62, three days before the opening ceremonies for Big Sky. Huntley was honored with an cenotaph at Soldiers Chapel on the grounds of the Big Sky Resort. Boyne USA Resorts purchased the Big Sky Resort in 1976 and has owned and managed it since. Huntley was buried at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman, Montana, just 50 miles east of his hometown of Cardwell, Montana.
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