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Herb Brooks

Age: 66

coach who led the U.S. hockey “Miracle on Ice” team to a gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Under Brooks, a former Olympian himself, the University Minnesota hockey team won three NCAA titles (1974, 1976, and 1978). He died in a car accident.

Died: Minnesota, Aug. 11, 2003

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