Raymond W. Fogarty (June 26, 1957 – September 27, 2018) was an American politician. Fogarty was born in

Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...

and graduated from

Bryant University Bryant University is a private university in Smithfield, Rhode Island. It has two colleges, the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business, and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. History Butler Exc ...

in 1979. He began working for the university soon after graduation and later became executive director of the Chafee Center for International Business at his alma mater. Fogarty lived with his wife and family in Harmony, Rhode Island, a small community located in the town of

Glocester Glocester is a New England town, town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 9,974 as of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. The villages of Chepachet, Rhode Island, Chepachet and Harmony, Rhode Island, Har ...

. His cousin was

Charles J. Fogarty Charles Joseph Fogarty, Jr., also known as Charlie Fogarty (born September 15, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 67th lieutenant governor of Rhode Island. He is a Democrat. Fogarty served two full terms as lieutenant governor, fi ...

who served as the

Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island The current lieutenant governor of Rhode Island is Sabina Matos, who was sworn in on April 14, 2021, after Daniel McKee succeeded to the office of governor. The first lieutenant governor was George Brown. In Rhode Island, the lieutenant gover ...

. Ray Fogarty served on the Glocester Town Council before he was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1983 to 1992, serving as a Democrat. He died in

Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...

on September 27, 2018, aged 61, while on a business trip.

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* 1957 births 2018 deaths People from Glocester, Rhode Island Politicians from Providence, Rhode Island Bryant University alumni Democratic Party members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Rhode Island city council members {{RhodeIsland-politician-stub