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Bea Gaddy

( Dec. 1988 file photo by Irving H. Phillips Jr. / October 3, 2001 )

Former City Councilwoman Bea Gaddy died of breast cancer in October 2001 at 68, but her legacy lives on with an annual Thanksgiving dinner that has fed thousands of Baltimore families searching for a hot holiday meal.

[Compiled from Baltimore Sun archives]

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