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June 28, 2016

Trailblazing Basketball Coach Pat Summitt Dies at 64
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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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