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🌱 Patch AM: Dundalk community mourns Patapsco High senior Gordon Thorpe

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  • Dundalk community mourns Patapsco High senior Gordon Thorpe

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• Man found dead at General John Stricker identified as Patapsco High student (avenuenews.com) — A 19-year-old Patapsco High School senior, Gordon Thorpe, was found unconscious at General John Stricker Middle School on May 4 and later died of what police describe as a medically related cause. Friends, classmates, and Dundalk neighbors can pay their respects at a public viewing on Monday, May 11, from 2–7 p.m. at Connelly Funeral Home of Dundalk.    


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