Skateboarding icon Jeff Grosso passes away at 51. Image via High Snobiety.
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Skateboarding icon Jeff Grosso dead at 51

Skateboarding icon Jeff Grosso, who rose to fame alongside fellow legend Tony Hawk as one of the best skateboarders in the world and hosted Vans' Love Letters to Skateboarding, has passed away at the age of 51, at his residence in Costa Mesa, California. No further details about the cause of his death have been revealed, and he is survived by his 8-year-old son Oliver.

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