Caroline Klein, the chief communication officer for the Utah Mammoth and Utah Jazz, died Thursday due to complications from lung cancer. She was 40.

"Utah lost a legend yesterday in the passing of Caroline Klein," said Ryan Smith, Charman and CEO of the Smith Entertainment Group, which owns both the Mammoth and Jazz. "She was truly one of a kind, [Ashley, my wife] and I and the rest of the SEG team will miss her every single day."

Klein was hired by the Smith Entertainment Group in 2022, working across public relations, community relations, and broadcasting for both the Jazz and soon-to-be-launched Utah Hockey Club, which became the Mammoth recently.

Despite her short tenure with SEG, Klein accomplished a great deal.

She helped develop SEG+, a state-of-the-art streaming platform for th

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