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Also Known As Dean Edwards Smith
Born February 28, 1931 • Emporia • Kansas
Died February 7, 2015 (aged 83) • Chapel Hill • North Carolina
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (2013) • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1983)

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