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Willis Reed is survived by his two children and wife, Gale Kennedy, whom he married in 1983.
Let’s take time to know more about Gale Kennedy in this article.
Who is Gale Kennedy?
Gale Kennedy is a professional American nurse and and the wife of Pro Basketball Hall of Famer Willis Reed.
Willis Reed and Gale Kennedy got married on August 20, 1983, in a private ceremony.
They had two children.
On September 2016, Gale Kennedy and her husband Willis Reed attended the 31th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner to benefit The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis at The Waldorf Astoria Hote.
Who was Willis Reed?
Known simply as “The Captain” years before Derek Jeter was born, Reed played 10 seasons in the NBA, all with the Knicks, for whom he also served as coach and general manager after his playing career ended in 1974.
He also coached and was an executive with the Nets when they played their games in New Jersey and was an executive with the New Orleans Hornets from 2004-07.
The first member of the Knicks to have his number retired, Reed was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982 and was named among the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history during the 1996-97 season.
