Dick Hoyt, Boston Marathon Icon Who Pushed His Son in a Wheelchair at Races, Dies at 80
Dick Hoyt.Photo: Gregory Rec/Getty ImagesDick Hoyt— the beloved Boston Marathon runner who pushed his son, Rick Hoyt, in a wheelchair at the annual race for decades — has died at the age of 80.He died in his sleep at his Holland, Mass., home on Wednesday morning, according to his family.“He had an ongoing heart condition that he had been struggling with for years and it just got the better of him,” Russ Hoyt, one of his sons, told theAssociated Press....