PHOTOS: 2023 local deaths of note

Doug J.J. Peters, an influential former state senator who was popular among Maryland Democrats and Republicans, died Saturday, Dec. 30. He was 60. (Maryland Matters/Danielle Gaines)

From left to right: Jim Farley, Mike Moss, Bob Madigan and Tom Foty. Longtime CBS News Radio Washington anchor and reporter Tom Foty died Tuesday at the age of 77. (Courtesy Shannon Finney Photograph)

Maryland tight end Frank Wycheck looks on during an NCAA college football game against West Virginia on Sept. 19, 1992, in Morgantown, West Virginia. The three-time Pro Bowler Wycheck, who threw the lateral that started the “Music City Miracle,” launching the Tennessee Titans’ run to the franchise’s lone Super Bowl appearance, has died at age 52 (Photo by Jeff Hixson/Allsport/Getty Images)

For almost 30 years, Horace Holmes spent much of his career at WJLA TV helping those who had been taken advantage of in the community. He was a member of the “7 On Your Side” team and a weekend 7News anchor. His family says Holmes died peacefully on Dec. 3. He was 66 years old. (Courtesy John Gonzalez)

Former Washington Senators player Frank Howard grips a baseball bat during a pregame ceremony at Nationals Park, Aug. 26, 2016, in Washington. Former major leaguer Howard has died at the age of 87. A spokesperson for the Washington Nationals confirmed the team was informed of Howard’s death Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, by his family. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

LSU’s Theresa Plaisance (55) walks past then-LSU assistant coach Tasha Butts as she celebrates the team’s win over Kentucky with guard Jeanne Kenney after an NCAA college basketball game in Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 24, 2013. Georgetown women’s basketball coach Tasha Butts died Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, after a two-year battle with breast cancer. The 41-year-old coach was diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer in 2021. She stepped away from coaching Georgetown last month. (AP Photo/Bill Feig, File)

FILE – Former Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson is honored during a ceremony for the Hall of Fame before a baseball game between the Houston Astros and Baltimore Orioles, Sept. 24, 2022, in Baltimore. Robinson, whose deft glovework and folksy manner made him one of the most beloved and accomplished athletes in Baltimore history, has died, according to a joint announcement by the Orioles and his family Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)

Linda Harllee Harper, who was appointed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to be the city’s first gun violence prevention director, died at age 58. (Courtesy Council of DC)

Maryland Senate President Mike Miller (left) makes sure reporters recognize former Speaker Casper Taylor (right). Casper Taylor, a former Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates and a Democrat from western Maryland, died Monday. He was 88. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)

Revered “Mother of the Disability Rights movement,” Judith “Judy” Heumann, died Saturday afternoon in D.C., after decades of activism and federal service. She was 75 years old. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision for Netflix/AP Images)

Virginia coach Terry Holland yells out instructions during NCAA college basketball practice in Philadelphia ahead of an NCAA Tournament game against North Carolina, Friday, March 28, 1981. At right is Virginia center Ralph Sampson. Terry Holland, who elevated Virginia basketball to national prominence during 16 seasons as coach and later had a distinguished career as an athletic administrator, has died, the school announced Monday. He was 80. (AP Photo/Gene Puskar, File)

Ted Lerner, the former principal owner of the Washington Nationals, died Sunday of complications from pneumonia at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, according to a news release from the team. He was 97. Team ownership including Ted Lerner, from right, his wife Annette Lerner, and his son Mark Lerner listen to a news conference to present Dusty Baker as the new manager of the Washington Nationals baseball team, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hall of Fame Washington football general manager Bobby Beathard died at his home on Jan. 30, 2023 at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. He’s seen here posing with his bust after being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

From left, Gary Oelze and Stephen Moore hold their new book “All Roads Lead to The Birchmere.” Gary Oelze, the owner of the Alexandria, Virginia, music venue The Birchmere, has died. He was 80. (Courtesy Birchmere)