BETH BENFEY PHOTO BY ELISA
fanno nfi c t i o n A new book details the life of an unsung UNC basketball legend
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By Morgan Cart i er Weston
tephen Demorest and Nancy Curlee Demorest describe their 30-year marriage as an interesting adventure, filled with road trips, hard work and plenty of stories. Through their jobs as co-head writers on CBS’s “Guiding Light,” the Hillsborough residents learned they both appreciate folks who pull their weight without showing off. “You have to be a good team player,” Nancy says. “That’s something that always inspired me about Larry Miller.” Nancy first met the UNC men’s basketball player when she was about 9 years old at an ACC barnstorming event in the 1960s. “All our celebrities then were local basketball players,” she says. “Billy
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chapelhillmagazine.com
December 2020