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Ed Boyd, Former Candidate for Governor, Dies

Mon., Aug. 11, 2008 Filed in: Maryland news
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Eddie Boyd, the 2006 Green Party candidate for Governor of Maryland, died early Monday morning at Good Samaritan Hospital from cancer. Boyd, 46, was the first African-American candidate to run for governor in a general election in the state's history as well as the first gubernatorial candidate of the Maryland Green Party. Funeral arrangements are pending.

Update 8/16/08: Two memorial services are scheduled for Eddie Boyd: (1) Monday, August 18, 2008, 1:00 p.m. at J. B. Jenkins Funeral Home, 7474 Landover Rd., Landover, MD and (2) Sunday, August 24, 2008, 4:00 p.m. at the Maryland War Memorial Building, 500 E. Fayette St., Baltimore, MD (this second service is a potluck event and is being held on what would have been Eddie's 47th birthday).

Watch a video of the speech Boyd gave Oct. 28, 2006 at the Maryland State NAACP Conference forum for statewide candidates: