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Trailblazing Basketball Coach Pat Summitt Dies at 64

HeadlineJun 28, 2016

And Pat Summitt, the trailblazing basketball coach who presided over eight national basketball championships at the University of Tennessee and won more games than any other Division I coach, man or woman, has died. Summitt stepped down in 2012 after learning she had early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. She died surrounded by family in Knoxville, Tennessee, this morning. She was 64 years old.

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