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From CNN.com… we are saddened to hear that Coach John Wooden, the greatest NCAA basketball coach ever, has died. 

(CNN) — He was known as the Wizard of Westwood, the architect of a dynasty at UCLA that will never be equaled. But John Wooden leaves behind a legacy much larger than victories on a basketball court.

Wooden died Friday of natural causes at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He was 99. His 100th birthday would have been October 14.

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