PHOTOS: 2025 local deaths of note – WTOP News

1/21

Robert B. Barnett, a powerhouse Washington attorney who became a fixture in the political and publishing worlds as the literary representative for Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton and dozens of other leaders, has died at age 79.
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

2/21

Earl S. Richardson, who served as president of Morgan State University during a period of rapid growth and advancement, from 1984 to 2010, died Sept. 13, 2025, the university announced.
(Courtesy Morgan State University)

3/21

FILE – Former FBI and CIA head William H. Webster speaks to reporters in Washington, Oct. 25, 2002.
(AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)

4/21

A file photo of Haymarket Town Councilor Bob Weir. Weir, a Republican who was elected in 2023 to the Prince William County Board of County Supervisors to represent the Gainesville District died Sunday from colon cancer.
(Courtesy InsideNoVa)

5/21

David Gergen, a White House adviser to four U.S. presidents, on September 12, 2012 in New York City. Gergen died at 83 on July 11, 2025.
(Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Time Inc.)

6/21

This undated photo provided by Annique Dunning, executive director of Sherwood Forest Plantation, shows Harrison Ruffin Tyler, grandson of U.S. President John Tyler, who died on May 25, 2025, at 96 years old.
(Sherwood Forest Plantation via AP)

7/21

Jim Henneman, the longtime Baltimore Orioles beat writer and official scorer and the namesake of the press box at Camden Yards, has died. He was 89.
FILE – BALTIMORE, MD – APRIL 27: Jim Henneman stands next to a sign for the Press Box that was renamed in his honor at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April 27, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland.
(Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

8/21

Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va. listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 10, 2014. Connolly, a Democratic congressman and fixture of Virginia politics, has died at age 75.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

9/21

Tom Brown, infielder-outfielder for the Washington Senators, poses at spring training camp in Pompano Beach, Fla., March 11, 1963. Tom Brown, a University of Maryland alum and two-sport star whose interception sealed the 1966 NFL title game for Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers, has died. He was 84.
(AP Photo/Ray Howard)

10/21

Stan Love (34) of the Los Angeles Lakers gets Steve Mix’s arm out of the way as he gets a jump shot off in an NBA game with the 76ers on Jan. 9, 1975, in Philadelphia. Former NBA player Stan Love, who played for the Baltimore Bullets and was the father of Miami Heat player Kevin Love, has died. He was 76.
(AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy, File)

11/21

A headshot of Former Prince George County Fire Chief Benjamin Barksdale. Barksdale died at the age of 60.
(Courtesy Prince George’s County Fire and EMS)

12/21

Jack Fitzgerald poses for a photo. Jack Fitzgerald, whose fatherly face and gravely voice was familiar to D.C. area TV viewers who saw his Fitzgerald Auto Malls commercials, has died.
(Courtesy Fitzgerald Auto Malls )

13/21

Tony Blanco poses for a portrait during Washington Nationals Photo Day on February 27, 2006 at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida. Tony Blanco, who played one MLB season was among the dead after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic.
(Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

14/21

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Department of Justice on Dec. 6, 2023 in D.C. Jessica Aber, a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was found dead Saturday. She was 43.
(Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

15/21

President Richard M. Nixon (center) talks with D.C. Police Chief Jerry Wilson (left) and Mayor Walter E. Washington (right) in his White House office, May 8, 1971. Former D.C. Chief of Police Jerry Wilson, who led the Metropolitan Police Department during the tumultuous late 60s and early 70s, died earlier this month at the age of 96 in an assisted living facility in Gainesville, Virginia.
(AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

16/21

FILE – John Feinstein, one of the country’s foremost sports writers and the author of numerous bestselling books, died unexpectedly Thursday. He was 69.
(WTOP/Dave Johnson)

17/21

Former Rep. Beverly Byron posed for a photo. Beverly Byron, part of a powerful and durable Western Maryland Democratic family and one of only 11 women elected to represent Maryland in Congress, died Sunday of heart failure at her home in Frederick, surrounded by several members of her family. She was 92.
(Courtesy Maryland Matters)

18/21

Baltimore Orioles Rich Dauer throws to first after making a diving catch in the first inning of the American league playoff game against the Chicago White Sox, Saturday, Oct. 8, 1983, Chicago, Ill. Rich Dauer, an infielder who played a decade in the major leagues and won a World Series as a player with Baltimore and as a coach with Houston, has died. He was 72.
(AP Photo/John Swart)

19/21

Undated file photo of NBC Washington and former WTOP reporter Derrick Ward. Ward, who has delivered local news in the D.C. area for decades, died following complications from a cardiac arrest. He was 62.
(Courtesy NBC Washington)

20/21

FILE – Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Brian Matusz watches from the dugout after being removed from the baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in the sixth inning in Baltimore, Tuesday, June 26, 2012.
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

21/21

Amit Yoran, President of RSA Security, testifies on data encryption policies between the tech industry and law enforcement during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 19, 2016. Amit Yoran, the CEO and chairman of cybersecurity firm Tenable Holdings, died Friday after a battle with cancer, according to a company announcement. He was 54.
(Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)