Cayla Harris is the obituary writer for The Baltimore Banner. Before coming to Baltimore, she spent four years in Austin, Texas covering state politics for the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News. She also previously covered New York politics for the Albany Times Union. Cayla is a New Jersey native and a graduate of the George Washington University, where she studied journalism and Spanish.
Jim Ally, a native Baltimorean who spent his professional life helping people in need or experiencing homelessness, died May 12 after a two-year battle with cancer.
Charles "Charlie" Mudra, a 17-year veteran of the Baltimore City Fire Department who loved comic books and Star Wars, died May 16 after collapsing during a training session. He was 52.
E. Betty Deacon, a longtime Baltimore political organizer and progressive activist who spent nearly a decade as former U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski’s projects director, died May 1 of complications related to lymphoma.
Dorothy Redding, who taught art at Howard Community College and later her own school, the Redding Academy of Fine Arts in Columbia, died April 8 of Alzheimer’s disease.
Kamau Campbell, the 16-year-old shot near Lansdowne High School last month, is remembered as a fun-loving son and brother who stood up for what was right.
Gertrude “Trudy” Hodges, the first Black graduate of Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses, died March 28 of stroke complications. She was 88.
Vicki Brick-Zupancic, CEO of Brick Bodies Fitness Services chain and a former University of Maryland basketball player, died Tuesday morning of ovarian cancer. She was 43.
Herb Belgrad, the inaugural chair of the Maryland Stadium Authority who oversaw the construction of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, died Sunday. He was 90.
Carlton “Big Bub” Carrington, a staple of Baltimore’s basketball community who also worked in behavioral health services, died March 20 of cancer. He was 53.
Lt. Raymond Vargas, who spent nearly 12 years with the Baltimore County Fire Department, died March 27 from complications related to leukemia. He was 42.
Kim Domanski, a staple of the Baltimore arts community who worked for the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts and later at The Peale museum, died March 7 of a heart attack. She was 52.
Frank Cicero, who designed hundreds of eye-catching posters advertising concerts, carnivals, political campaigns and other events during his time at Globe, died March 7 of heart disease.