The life of Wayne K. Curry, former Prince George’s county executive
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Wayne K. Curry, an early black power broker in Prince George’s County whose election as county executive in 1994 symbolized the Washington suburbs’ transformation from a predominantly white, blue-collar farming community to an enclave of black prosperity, has died at the age of 63.
Nov. 9, 1994 Wayne K. Curry poses for a portrait the day after his election to his first term as Prince George’s county executive. Curry, whose election symbolized the county’s transformation from a predominantly white, blue-collar farming community to an enclave of black prosperity, died July 2, 2014, at the age of 63. Dudley M. Brooks/The Washington Post
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A real estate and corporate lawyer, he was one of the country’s first black popularly elected county leaders. He died of lung cancer diagnosed last summer.
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