Kevin O’ Sweeny, a fixture on the Baltimore hospitality scene for decades with a legion of friends, died of undetermined causes June 14 at his Cedarcroft home. He was 75. “Kevin was a great bartender and people loved him and loved watching him work,” said William “Billy” Shriver, a retired Baltimore restaurateur and childhood friend.
“He was hilarious and a good Samaritan. If you needed help, Kevin was always there for you,” Mr. Shriver said.
“Kevin didn’t have friends; he had best friends.” Candy Carson was one of them for 50 years. “He was like a little brother to me.
He was the sweetest guy who was always doing something for everyone else and never himself,” Ms. Carson said. “That’s why he had so many friends.
” Kevin O’Neil Sweeny, son of J. Sarsfield “Sy” Sweeny, a lawyer, and Gloria Mellier Sweeny, a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised in Roland Park. An athlete, he was a catcher for the Roland Park Little League’s Tigers.
“That’s where I got to know Kevin when we were 10 years old and playing for the Roland Park Little League, and later in life he became my son’s godfather,” Mr. Shriver said. In the fall of 1961, Mr.
Sweeny arrived on the campus of Boys’ Latin School, where he was a “leader on and off the field,” according to a statement announcing his death. Mr. Sweeny was class vice president his sophomore year and a student council member his senior year.
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