Walter Davis, 5-Time NBA All-Star and North Carolina Standout, Dies at 69

Former North Carolina Tar Heel Walter Davis acknowledges the crowd as he is introduced during the Celebration of a Century Friday at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Feb. 12, 2010. Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Walter Davis, a five-time NBA All-Star who had his number retired by the Phoenix Suns, has died. He was 69.

Davis was star in college for North Carolina where he played for the late Dean Smith. It was North Carolina, where Davis’ nephew Hubert Davis is the Tar Heels’ basketball coach, which announced Water Davis’ death Thursday.