Dennis Michael Collins (June 30, 1944 – February 6, 2015) was an
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politician who served as the
mayor of Toledo
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Toledo, Ohio
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,
Ohio
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, from 2014 until his death in 2015. An
Independent
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, he was a member of the
Toledo City Council
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from District 2 (2008-2014). In the 2013 mayoral election, Collins defeated incumbent Independent mayor
Michael P. Bell, winning 55.37% of the total vote.
Education and personal life
A graduate of
Libbey High School (1962),
he held a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resources Management and Natural Sciences (1975) and a Masters of Business Administration degree (1998) from the
University of Toledo
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He was married to Sandy Drabik and had three daughters and a son (who died in 2000).
Coronary episode and death
On the afternoon of February 1, 2015, television news bulletins reported that Collins had been hospitalized with what was described as a "coronary episode". That night the mayor's spokesman announced that Collins was in critical condition after suffering a coronary arrest before being resuscitated. Because he was unable to perform his mayoral duties, Toledo City Council president
Paula Hicks-Hudson
Paula S. Hicks-Hudson (born May 28, 1951) is an American politician currently serving as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. She is the former Mayor of Toledo, Ohio.
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was sworn in on February 1, 2015, as acting mayor.
She is Toledo's first African American woman to lead the city.
Collins died on February 6, 2015, at the age of 70.
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External links
Office of the Mayor of Toledoofficial website
D. Michael CollinsCommittee to Elect D. Michael Collins website
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University of Toledo alumni
Mayors of Toledo, Ohio
Ohio city council members
1944 births
2015 deaths
Ohio Independents