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Legendary Women's Basketball Coach Pat Summitt Dies

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(L-R) Shannon Bobbitt #00 and head coach Pat Summitt of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers watch players cut down the net as they celebrate their 64-48 win against the Stanford Cardinal during the National Championsip Game of the 2008 NCAA Women's Final Four at St. Pete Times Forum April 8, 2008 in Tampa, Florida.  (Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)
(L-R) Shannon Bobbitt #00 and head coach Pat Summitt of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers watch players cut down the net as they celebrate their 64-48 win against the Stanford Cardinal during the National Championsip Game of the 2008 NCAA Women's Final Four at St. Pete Times Forum April 8, 2008 in Tampa, Florida. (Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)

A ground breaker. An intense competitor. A legendary coach. These are some of the ways people are describing Pat Summitt. The University of Tennessee Lady Vols coach died early this morning, at age 64, after battling early onset dementia. Chas Sisk with Here & Now contributor WPLN in Nashville reports.

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Chas Sisk, enterprise reporter, WPLN. He tweets @chassisk.

This segment aired on June 28, 2016.

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