LOS ANGELES -- Jef Billings, a renowned costume designer who directed some of figure skatings biggest names with Stars on Ice, has died. He was 71.He died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, said Stars on Ice. Close friend and assistant Regina Winters said he died of natural causes.Billings was with the skating show since its inception. The group lauded his dedication and called him the greatest costume designer in the history of figure skating.Jef has the unique distinction of having worked on every Stars on Ice tour from its beginning, the group said in a statement Thursday. From his work on Scott Hamiltons classic `Hair and Kristi Yamaguchis majestic `Bridge Over Troubled Water to Kurt Brownings `Rag-gid-don, and the 2013 opening `Somebody that I Used to Know, Jef had the rare capacity to match to the skaters personalities, music, and points of view perfectly with each body. He will be terribly missed by skaters, crew, and all of us who had the honor to work with him through the years.Billings also was a costume designer for Peggy Fleming: An Evening On Ice and won several Emmy Awards for his television workBillings was born in Utica, New York. He recently noted on his Facebook page that he was beginning his 13th season as director and designer of Stars on Ice and his 30th year as part of the annual tour.Thrilled to be working with the brilliant Jeff Buttle (Choreography)! he wrote. Off to Japan, the U.S. and then Canada....How Lucky am I to be part of this Premier Figure Skating Tour!. Air Max 90 Cheap Outlet .com) - The game was all punts and field goals before Kodi Whitfields catch. Yeezy 350 V3 For Sale . The 18th player to shoot 60 on the tour, Jamieson settled for par on the final hole when his 15-foot birdie chip grazed the edge of the hole and stayed out. After opening with rounds of 66 and 73 to make the cut by a stroke, he had 11 birdies in the bogey-free round. http://www.cheapshoesstorewholesale.com/air-force-1-online-outlet.html . The Montreal Canadiens announced on Friday that the veteran forward will return to the teams line-up on Saturday night when the Habs visit the Nashville Predators. Cheap Shoes Store Near Me . Jordan Lynch, the all-purpose Heisman Trophy finalist from Northern Illinois, failed to make it into that exclusive club. Cheap Nike Cortez Shoes China . Note: The Calgary Flames announced Tuesday that Sean Monahan would not be made available to Canadas World Junior team. British bobsleigh and skeleton chiefs are awaiting the response of their sports international governing body before deciding whether to follow Latvias lead in withdrawing from next years World Championships in Sochi.The Latvian Skeleton Federation issued a strongly worded statement over the weekend in which it confirmed: We are not participation in the World Championships in Sochi, Russia -- a place where [the] Olympic spirit was stolen in 2014.The decision follows the publication of the second part of the report by Richard McLaren last week, which implicated over 1,000 Russian athletes in a state-sponsored doping programme, including many Winter Olympians.Both Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold and the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation have indicated a boycott of the event in February remains an option but they still hope the decision will be taken out of their hands by worrld governing body the IBSF.ddddddddddddBritain and Latvia have particular interest in the developments, with the British four-man bobsleigh crew finishing fifth behind two Russian teams at the 2014 Games, while Latvia took two silvers -- both behind Russian gold medallists -- in the four-man and the mens skeleton.British Bobsleigh performance director Gary Anderson told Press Association Sport: There is obviously a lot of dust to settle and once that has we need to urge the IOC and the IBSF to commence the appropriate action.It transpires we were not competing on a fair footing [at the Olympics], and that is wrong and needs rectifying. Clean athletes need to be protected here and we need to see the correct results from the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. ' ' '