Yes, he was a Lt in the Army (which not a lot of people knew so kudos to you, Lambo)—Bilbo, known for his "Hobbit skiing habits," and I met in Nov 72, when we all moved to B'gaden after being accepted to AFRC. Bill approached me at the “Hobelbank Bar,” on the second week there, because he needed a roommate in Schoenau. Him and Tom figured the rent was too much for two, so they needed a third roommate, anyways he asked me if I wanted to move in, because we were both from Southern Calif, we got along great and because of his free tickets, I was able to ski at the Jenner free and improve my skiing. Bill used to work at the Jennerbahn from 71-76, as a "Pistendienst," shoveling snow on those ruts or rocks and doing general slope maintenance. In 76 he somehow convinced AFRC Sport shop that he was back from the States and began working there as a salesman. In Feb 73 Tom decided to move out, and because Dave Oakland and I were on one team at sky top ski patrol, we needed a third roommate. Dave and Bill hit it off immediately, and started doing some crazy things. We skied the back side of the Jenner one full moon night, and that was just crazy. In 1975, Dave and Bilbo started doing among indoor ski exhibitions with ski ramps for shows after I left project transition at Roberto’s with Steve Lingau in Jan 74. Around 76/77 until his death, Dave and Bilbo enjoyed skiing down a 40 ft ramps doing back flips and other ski tricks. Bill died on 25 Jan 79. But because he wanted me to go and shoot pictures on that Halloween night show at the Kur and Kongresshaus in Berchtesgaden, I met Erika later after the show, in the disco downstairs and the rest was history. Just before his death, Erika and I went to the States in Sept until Nov 1978, and he needed a place to stay. So he moved in at my apt in Hinterau, in Bischofswiesen. (Apparently he was kicked out of his house in Koenigssee b/c the property was sold). So on that day he injured himself, we had just given Erika lessons on teaching skiing at a local lift in Bischofswiesen. He wanted to go up to the mountain and when he did, Dave and him were on a normal part of the slope above the "Mittelkasse lift," he lost a ski and fell on a huge rock covered by light snow breaking two ribs punching both lungs. They transported him to a Salzburg Hospital, where he died of his injuries 10 days later.
He is buried in Berchtesgaden.