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James Bailey Laughlin, 89

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James B. Laughlin, longtime resident of Darien, CT and Fishers Island, NY, died peacefully on January 25th, 2022, three weeks before his 90th birthday. He was the devoted husband of Eleanor W. “Susie” Laughlin for 65 years and father of Laura
L. Johnson, Tim, Ann, Tom and Chris Laughlin. 

Jim was born in Paris in 1932 to Thomas and Louise Laughlin, and grew up in Manhasset, NY and Aiken, South Carolina. He attended The Brooks School and Yale University, where he was a member of the Class of 1954. He played Varsity Squash and served as President of the Chi Psi Fraternity. 

After serving in the Marines from 1954 – 1956, he met his bride, Eleanor Whitman “Susie” and they married in 1957 in Bedford, NY. After leaving New York City, they established their home in the “Tokeneke” area of Darien, CT in 1960.