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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

LAURISTON LONG Obituary (2022) - Washington, DC - The Washington Post - Legacy.com

LONG Lauriston Hardin Long "Larry" Of Baltimore, Maryland died on March 4, 2022, after a valiant battle with stage IV Glioblastoma that was diagnosed on September 30, 2021. Larry is survived by his wife of 54 years Dianna Alice Wynn, his two children Ashley Capehart Long, Baltimore, MD and Lauriston (Lars) Hagen Long, Mariefred, Sweden, his four grandchildren, Emma Bailey Long Cotter, Vincent Hagen Long, Selma Karin Long and Alice Tilde Gustavsson, and his sister Troy Long Patterson, West Chester, PA and his brother, Noyes Capehart Long, Jr., Boone, North Carolina. Son of Noyes Capehart Long, Sr. and Tibbie Troy Hardin Long, Larry was born on August 15th, 1937, in Madison, Tennessee and grew up in Old Hickory. He married Dianna Alice Wynn of Sevierville, Tennessee on April 29, 1967. Larry spent most of his adult life in Gaithersburg, Maryland, beginning in 1974. Larry graduated from DuPont High School in Old Hickory, Tennessee in 1955; Sewanee, The University of the South, with a degree in political science in 1959 (where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity); The University of Tennessee College of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1964; and attended The London School of Economics in 1972-73 as the recipient of the Secretary of Labor's Career Service Award. Larry was a staunch and progressive liberal despite his middle Tennessee roots. He marched in the Civil Rights movement, stood up to police harassment and abuse, and was arrested for non-violent resistance. He...



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