Editing Howie Dorough (section)

==Early life==
Dorough was born August 22, 1973, in [[Orlando, Florida]],<ref name="cbsnews2000"/> where he met his friend and bandmate [[AJ McLean]] through a mutual vocal coach at the Latin carnival in 1989.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Winners Make All |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=January 20, 2000 |issue=832 |page=45 }}</ref><ref name="BenBella Books, Inc">{{cite book|last1=McLean|first1=Denise I.|title=Backstreet Mom: A Mother's Tale of Backstreet Boy AJ McLean's Rise to Fame, Struggle with Addiction, and Ultimate Tr|date=June 22, 2009|publisher=BenBella Books, Inc.|isbn=978-1-935251-43-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cqk3BAAAQBAJ|language=en}}</ref> His mother Paula Flores-Dorough, a school worker, is [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]], and his father, Hoke Dwaine Dorough, a police officer, former army soldier, real estate developer<ref name="youtube.com">{{cite web |title=Backstreet Boy "Howie D" and Brother John Talk On Their $60 Million Real Estate Projects | website=[[YouTube]] | date=October 7, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxqpjZomO8M |language=en}}</ref>  and bank security,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/orlandosentinel/obituary.aspx?n=hoke-dwaine-dorough&pid=112176690|title=Hoke Dwaine Dorough's Obituary on Orlando Sentinel|website=Orlando Sentinel}}</ref> was [[Irish American]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=McGibbon |first1=Rob |title=The Backstreet Boys : official biography |date=1997 |publisher=BoxTree/Macmillan Publishers |location=London |isbn=0-7522-2406-9 |page=22 }}</ref> He is the youngest by 10 years of five siblings. His sister, Pollyanna, is also a singer.<ref name="Melody">{{cite web|title=The Melody of Heartache: Howie Dorough|url=http://celebrityhealthminute.com/2011/05/09/the-melody-of-heartache-howie-dorough/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530222054/http://celebrityhealthminute.com/2011/05/09/the-melody-of-heartache-howie-dorough/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 30, 2011|website=Celebrity Health Minute}}</ref> Another sister, Caroline, died of [[lupus]] in September 12 1998.<ref name="Melody"/>