Michel Bozon (c.1949 – 23 January 1970), was a

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alpine ski racer from

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. Bozon, age 20, was killed on the ''Piste

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during a World Cup

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event. He came off the course at the bottom of the ''Mur de Borné,'' an extremely steep section of about , fractured his skull and leg, and died several hours later. After his death, changes were made to improve safety, but the course was taken off the World Cup circuit after February

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. He was a cousin of Charles Bozon, the French alpine skier who died tragically in an avalanche in 1964.

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