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Dan Gartland

Former NBA All-Star, Olympic Gold Medalist Walter Davis Dies at 69

Former North Carolina and NBA forward Walter Davis has died, the school announced Thursday. He was 69. 

Davis, a native of Pineville, N.C., played four years with the Tar Heels before being selected by the Suns with the fifth pick of the 1977 NBA draft. He ranks among the best sharpshooters in UNC history with a career .531 field goal percentage. 

Davis‘s most famous shot came as a freshman in 1974 when he hit a long jumper at the buzzer to force overtime against archrival Duke, completing an improbable Tar Heels comeback from down eight with 17 seconds to play. UNC went on to win in overtime. 

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