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Report: Former Arizona Men's Basketball Coach Lute Olson Passes Away at 85

Lute Olson, who served as the men's basketball coach at Arizona from 1983 to 2007 and led the program to its lone national championship, has passed away, according to Stadium's Jeff Goodman. He was 85 years old.

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Olson had been in "a fight for his life" since Tuesday, according to Bruce Pascoe of the Arizona Daily Star. KVOA reported that Olson was in hospice care. Olson had suffered a stroke in February 2019, though his cause of death has not yet been reported.