Estes Park’s very own Cold War spy and submariner has lived a remarkable life (July 31, 2024)

If Carré wrote the book about Dick Life it could be titled Patriot Family Man Sailor Spy

The novelist John le Carré may have written the fictional Cold War thriller, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” but one of Estes Park’s quiet, but interesting citizens has lived a real-life version as both a sailor and real life spy.

Captain Richard “Dick” Life (Ret.) was a U.S. Naval Intelligence Officer for 24 years and a diesel submariner for four years. During his career, Life interacted with Soviet officers, worked as an intelligence analyst at the Pentagon, served in country during the Vietnam War, and was the Assistant Naval Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. His work, spanning 33 years, took him to countries around the world...

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Life was born into a military family March 10, 1940, in Parkersburg, West Virginia. His dad was an instructor pilot, who taught Army enlistees how to fly. His father was also in the Army Air Corps branch and served in the China-Burma-India theater of war for 10 months.

While his father was overseas, Life and his mother lived with her parents in Parkersburg. After his father returned to the states, his family moved to a military base south of Detroit. In 1952 the Life family moved to Athens, Ohio, where he went to high school.