Obituaries

Eva Brann, the longest-serving instructor at St. John’s College in Annapolis and the recipient of a National Humanities Medal, died on Oct. 28 of natural causes. She was 95.

Camay Calloway Murphy spent much of her life as an educator and advocating for arts, culture and social justice.

Cameran Holt, a Pasadena teenager who cared for her siblings and loved animals, died 11 days after she was shot near Federal Hill. She was 19.

Richard “Dick” Deasy, a former Maryland assistant state superintendent and the founding director of the National Arts Education Partnership, died on Oct. 24 of dementia. He was 84.

Glenard Middleton Sr., a respected Maryland labor leader and civil rights activist, died on Nov. 7 from complications of diabetes. He was 76.

Kenneth Oliver was elected in 2002 and represented the 4th District for more than a decade in Baltimore County.

The first woman elected to serve as president of Baltimore City Council, Mary Pat Clarke died on Sunday morning, according to sources close to her.

Elizabeth Kirk-Anderson, who co-founded the Animal Welfare League of Greater Baltimore and various pet programs in the city, died Oct. 8 of heart problems. She was 80.

Quincy Jones’ historic career ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s record-setting “Thriller” to prize-winning film and television scores and collaborations with Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles.

Douglas DeLeaver, a proud husband and father who spent his life blazing trails for Black law enforcement officers in Maryland and across the country, died Oct. 16 of heart failure. He was 77.

Richard Berkeley, of Baltimore, was a man of faith who prioritized his family above all else. He was a passionate investor, proud alumnus of the University of Virginia and an outdoorsman who loved fishing. He died on Oct. 14 at the age of 72.

Jo-Ann Weber, co-owner and operators of Weber’s Cider Mill Farm in Baltimore County, died Oct. 17. She was 77.

Eric Maul of Millersville was an exceptional flutist, a cherished son and brother, and a light in every room he walked into, family said. He died unexpectedly on Sept. 12 at his home in Provincetown, Mass. He was 33.

Lutherville native Rachel Yaffe used TikTok to inspire others to live a positive, healthy lifestyle and chronicled living with a fatal disease. She died on Oct. 11 from a rare liver cancer at age 27.

Kathy and Matthew Schmale, both 63, died early Tuesday in a five-alarm fire that affected at least eight homes on Keswick Road in Hampden, family said.

Melvin Stukes, who kicked off a decades-long political career in Baltimore as an activist for the Cherry Hill neighborhood, died Sept. 21 at his home in Pikesville. He was 76.

British actress Dame Maggie Smith won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey" and Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films.

Resnick was a dedicated philanthropist for many Jewish causes, served on the board of Morgan State University and helped to establish The University of Maryland Foundation and the Signal 13 Foundation.

James Earl Jones, known as Darth Vader and the voice of CNN, died at 93.

The lessons of Marian Wockenfuss echo for generations of her candy store employees across Baltimore.