; Whereas he was a loving family man, husband, and father who leaves behind two daughters and a son, and his wife, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings; and Whereas he died on October 17, 2019, at Johns Hopkins Hospital at the age of 68 and laid in state at the United State Capitol Building’s Statuary Hall on October 24, becoming the first African-American lawmaker to achieve the honor of lying in state: Now, therefore, be it