Columbus native, OSU and NBA star Granville Waiters dies
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COLUMBUS (WCMH) -- Granville Waiters, a Columbus basketball legend and a beloved community leader, has died. Waiters was 60 years old.
Waiters, a 6’11 center, led East High School to the 1979 state championship. He then went to Ohio State where he served as a team captain in 1983. He scored more than 600 points in his OSU career before a 5-year stint in the NBA.
He also played for several major European pro teams, including Barcelona.
Waiters lived in Columbus and owned a financial planning and insurance business.