What is Michael E. Busch?
[[File:1busch.jpg|thumb|Busch in November 2007]] '''Michael Erin Busch'''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12196.html | title=Michael e. Busch, Maryland House Speaker }}</ref> (January 4, 1947 – April 7, 2019) was an American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician. He was the [[Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates|Speaker]] of the [[Maryland House of Delegates]] from January 8, 2003 until his death on April 7, 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/07/AR2007020702131.html|title=Md. House Leaders Offer Plan to Widen Health Coverage|last=Rein|first=Lisa|date=2007-02-08|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2009-10-02}}</ref> Born in [[Baltimore, Maryland]], Busch had been a member of the House since 1987. He represented District 30A, which is made-up of [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County]], including the state capital of [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12196.html | title=Michael e. Busch, Maryland House Speaker | access-date=2019-04-03 | archive-date=2012-11-13 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113124709/http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12196.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> Busch died at a hospital in Baltimore from problems caused by [[pneumonia]] following [[liver]] surgery on April 7, 2019, aged 72.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/michael-busch-longest-serving-speaker-of-marylands-house-dies-at-72/2019/04/07/1989c83a-5957-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.html|title = Michael Busch, longest-serving speaker of Maryland's House, dies at 72|last = Bernstein|first = Adam|date = April 7, 2019|access-date = April 7, 2019|newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12196.html Maryland Archives biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/