Tennessee head coach emeritus Pat Summitt smiles as a banner is raised in her honor before an NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Knoxville. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

By Dustin Dopirak of the Knoxville News Sentinel

The charitable organization Knoxville Pays It Forward created a Facebook event asking people to wear orange on Friday in honor of Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt, who died Tuesday morning after a battle with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

The event is called Turn The World Orange and almost 26,000 people have pledged to wear orange as of Friday morning.

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