PHOTOS: 2026 local deaths of note

August 3, 2026 | 3:21 PM

FILE - Virginia Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Sen. Janet Howell, D-Fairfax, watches the vote tally board during the Senate session at the state Capitol in Richmond, Va., March 7, 2020. Howell died in August at age 82. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) — FILE - Virginia Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Sen. Janet Howell, D-Fairfax, watches the vote tally board during the Senate session at the state Capitol in Richmond, Va., March 7, 2020. Howell, the veteran Democratic Virginia state senator who co-chairs her chamber's finance committee, announced Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, that she will not seek re-election. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Former CIA Director R. James Woolsey in a 2013 photo. (AP Photo/James Crisp)

NFL Legend Monte Coleman announces a selection for the Washington Football Team during the 2nd round of the NFL football draft, Friday April 29, 2021, in Cleveland. Monte Coleman, the hard-nosed linebacker who won three Super Bowls with Washington and later coached Arkansas-Pine Bluff to a conference championship, has died. He was 68. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)

FILE - Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, right, and his wife, Cerina, at the inauguration of Gov. Ralph Northam at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Saturday, Sept. 13, 2018. Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, a rising star in the Democratic Party until sexual assault allegations ruined his political fortunes, killed his estranged wife and then himself weeks before a judge’s deadline to move out of their family home, according to police and court records. (AP Photo/Kevin Morley, File) — 2018 file photo of Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax. (AP/Kevin Morley)

Washington Lineman Tre Johnson during a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Nov. 10, 2002, at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. Johnson, a former standout offensive lineman who went on to become a Maryland high school history teacher, died Sunday. He was 54. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

FILE - Trainer King Leatherbury is seen at Laurel Race Park in Laurel, Md., on July 30, 2003. (AP Photo/ Matt Houston, File)

Washington's Barry Wilburn stands in position during an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 18, 1988, at D.C.'s RFK Stadium. Wilburn, who led the NFL in interceptions in 1987 and won a Super Bowl with Washington that same season, has died. He was 62. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

Sonny Jurgensen, the Hall of Fame quarterback whose strong arm, keen wit and affable personality made him one of the most beloved figures in Washington football history, has died. He was 91.

FILE - Washington Redskins quarterback Sonny Jurgensen is shown in 1973. (AP Photo) — Sonny Jurgensen, the Hall of Fame quarterback whose strong arm, keen wit and affable personality made him one of the most beloved figures in Washington football history, has died. He was 91. (FILE) - Washington Redskins quarterback Sonny Jurgensen is shown in 1973. (AP Photo)

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