Gary Garland
American basketball player (born 1957)
Gary Joseph Garland Houston (né Garland; born October 12, 1957) is an American musician and former professional basketball player.
Basketball career
Garland played in college for the DePaul Blue Demons under coach Ray Meyer. Garland was a member of the 1979 DePaul Final Four team that lost to Larry Bird’s Indiana State Sycamores in the national semifinals.
Houston played for the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season with the Nuggets (1979–80).
Personal life
Gary is the half-brother of singer Whitney Houston and also half-brother to Michael Houston. Gary, Michael, and Whitney are the children of singer Cissy Houston. Gary is the cousin of singers Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick and the uncle of Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney's daughter with singer Bobby Brown.
Singing career
Garland has toured several times as a background singer and an occasional duet partner with Whitney Houston.
After his professional basketball career concluded, Garland participated with Houston on her Greatest Love Tour in 1986 as a background/duet vocalist, which led to a continuous work relationship with Houston.
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