Former Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova died of throat cancer at age 45.
Vilanova has led the Catalan club for one season after taking over from Pep Guardiola, but was forced to resign last summer due to health problems.
Barca said in a statement: "The club expresses its deepest condolences for the death of Tito Vilanova, who died today in Barcelona at the age of 45."
Vilanova, a former midfielder who spent his playing career largely in the Spanish second division, was Guardiola's assistant for four years at the Camp Nou, the couple who has already worked with the team B.
He was diagnosed with cancer of the parotid gland in November 2011 and the disease returned in December 2012.
He was far from the team in December and late March when he underwent surgery and treatment, but won the league title before resigning in July last year.
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