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Man Found Dead Near Vail Resort Was Longtime Resident

VAIL, Colo. (AP) — The man found dead near the Vail Ski Resort has been identified as a 60-year-old longtime Vail resident.

The body of Maldwyn "Maldy" George Zang was found Tuesday after a woman on a ski lift reported seeing a body in Gore Creek.

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A body was found in Gore Creek near Vail on Tuesday (credit: CBS)

The cause of death remains under investigation but Detective Luke Causey told the Vail Daily that the frigid overnight weather was a factor.

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(credit: CBS)

Zang's body was frozen. Causey said his sunglasses were found upstream and he had a cut on the bridge of his nose, indicating that he may have fallen into the creek before he died.

Zang worked at a locals' bar in the resort town, Bart & Yeti's, for 40 years. He is survived by two sisters and a brother.

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