NBA Legend Jerry West Dies With Wife by His Side

Jerry “Mr. Clutch” West, whose illustrious basketball career spanned six decades, died peacefully in his home on Monday at age 86, according to the Los Angeles Clippers.

West was “the personification of basketball excellence and a friend to all who knew him,” the team wrote in a statement, adding that West’s wife Karen was by his side when he died.

West grew up in Chelyan, West Virginia, the son of a coal miner and housewife and the second youngest of six children. He attended East Bank High School, where his basketball career would begin, and then later West Virginia University.

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