Steve Landen, Jeffrey Starr
VOL. 58 No. 4 WINTER 2017-2018 Steve Landen, Jeffrey Starr Two former giants of Michi- versity of Maryland-Baltimore gan bridge passed away this County. A former computer fall. programmer, he continued to Steve Landen, 64, was a pursue his career as a bridge Grand Life Master with six na- professional until about a dec- tional championships. Locally, ade ago, when he began suf- he won the Ed- fering the early stages of de- ward F. Stein mentia. He died in late Octo- Memorial ber of hypothermia after fall- ing near his home in Ellicott MD. , 1982 Jeffrey Starr, 68, was a and 1988. He top Detroit-area player before Drawings by the late Stan Hench also won the moving to Las Vegas in the William S. Mous- late 1980s to pursue gambling er Memorial Trophy, for most and business points won by a District 12 interests. He member at the Motor City Re- won the Stein gional, in 1980, 1988, 1989, trophy in 1981 1991, 1992 and 2003. He was and the Mous- a former author of the It’s er in 1969. He Your Bid column in Table apparently only Talk. played occasionally at Steve and his family moved to Maryland in the early 2000s, where his wife Lynne Schaefer, also a national events, most recent- bridge champion, was a facili- ly the 2012 Truscott/USPC ties vice president at the Uni- Senior Swiss. Jeffrey spent some time in Michigan over sions). the past two years and was The 2016 regional racked planning to move back here.
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