Senator Gwendolyn Britt (1941 - 2008)
The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Senator Gwendolyn Britt, state senator from Prince George’s County died at approximately 4AM the morning of Saturday, January 12, 2008. She was 66.
Britt was a member of the Senate since 2003 and was a member of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee. She was the Assistant Deputy Majority Leader and 1st Vice President of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.
Expressing her sorrow upon learning the news, Delegate Jill P. Carter (D-41) from Baltimore called Britt’s passing, “a critical Maryland General Assembly loss for Blacks.”
She is survived by her husband, Travis Britt and two children.
