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Orem Wahl, bon vivant

Orem "Jerry" Wahl, the co-owner of a <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100603012200" title="Mount Vernon" href="/topic/us/maryland/baltimore-county/baltimore/mount-vernon-PLGEO100100603012200.topic">Mount Vernon</a> framing shop who was a theater first-nighter, died of a <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HEISY000062" title="Heart Attack" href="/topic/health/physical-conditions/heart-attack-HEISY000062.topic">heart attack</a> Dec. 10. He was 73.<br> <br> "Orem was a bon vivant and a big supporter of local theater," said F. Scott Black, dean of the School of Liberal Arts at the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="OREDU0000515" title="Community College of Baltimore County" href="/topic/education/colleges-universities/community-college-of-baltimore-county-OREDU0000515.topic">Community College of Baltimore County</a>. "I thought that I kept up with New York theater, but he had all the latest news before it came out in the papers. He had friends all over the arts community and was a generous, giving person. He had the ability to make a big, grand gesture or write you a personal, thoughtful note."

( Handout / December 14, 2011 )

Orem "Jerry" Wahl, the co-owner of a Mount Vernon framing shop who was a theater first-nighter, died of a heart attack Dec. 10. He was 73.

"Orem was a bon vivant and a big supporter of local theater," said F. Scott Black, dean of the School of Liberal Arts at the Community College of Baltimore County. "I thought that I kept up with New York theater, but he had all the latest news before it came out in the papers. He had friends all over the arts community and was a generous, giving person. He had the ability to make a big, grand gesture or write you a personal, thoughtful note."

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