Is there any wet-looking dark staining at the base of the trunk? Or a sunken scaly area? That the leaves are still flexible indicates that it died suddenly and recently. The new shoots at the bottom give hope that it will grow back. One of the few issues they have is crown rot from Phytophthora. The only prevention is to keep the base of the trunk as dry as possible, in your summer that might be a little difficult.
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