Former Annapolis Mayor Callahan dies at age 70
Former Annapolis mayor Dennis Callahan - courtesy: Anne Arundel County Government.
Posted: 02/08/2012
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Former Annapolis Mayor Dennis Callahan has died of a heart attack. He was 70.
His death Wednesday morning was confirmed by the Anne Arundel County government, where Callahan served as the chief administrative officer.
Callahan served as mayor from 1985 to 1989. He lost a re-election bid in the 1989 Democratic primary.
County Executive John Leopold says in a statement that Callahan was a trusted friend and adviser.
Leopold says Callahan was his first cabinet selection after he was elected in 2006.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
PRINT
Special Reports
-
Does your gas station have bad pumps?
SPECIAL REPORT | An ABC2 News Investigation finds thousands of rejected and condemned gas pumps in the Baltimore area. Does your gas station have them?
-
MTA buses caught running red, speeding
SPECIAL REPORT | An ABC2 News investigation uncovers citations given to thousands of MTA buses for running red lights and speeding.
-
Inside a Criminal Mind | Jason Scott
SPECIAL REPORT | When it's out of your hands, when your life is at the mercy of an armed, masked man staring down at you from the barrel of a gun in your own home, you grasp at whatever it is you can control; breathing, composure, or faith.
-
SPECIAL REPORT | Bad Medicine
SPECIAL REPORT | ABC2 Investigator Joce Sterman has reviewed thousands of pages of documents for her Bad Medicine report.
More Anne Arundel County News
-
1st black Naval Academy graduate dies
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, has died, the Academy said. He was 85.
-
Smoking suitcase found at BWI
-
Marine found dead in barracks
-
Prostitution arrest in Linthicum
-
Police impersonator arrested, charged
-
Boy, 9, bitten by pit bull while playing
