Obituaries

Dan Morrison, a staple of the Hollins Market neighborhood and the beloved manager of The Back Yard restaurant and bar, died Aug. 18 at age 50.

Nancy Levin, a family lawyer who helped survivors of domestic violence, died Aug. 13 after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 85.

Raymond “Chip” Mason, the founder of Baltimore investment firm Legg Mason, died Friday at 88.

Matthew Williams was a meticulous, hard worker and customer favorite at Big O’s Hand Car Wash.

Jordan, the executive director of the Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition and the Innovative Housing Institute, died Aug. 1 after a long battle with leukemia. He was 79.

Baltimore artist David Herman died last month. His Grey Matter Art Space in the Cork Factory of Station North was a gathering place for friends and artists.

Debbie Simon, a Baltimore businesswoman, loving mother and dedicated community volunteer, died Aug. 1 after a long battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. She was 67.

Bob Seurkamp, the "first first man" of Notre Dame University of Maryland and a former executive director of the Maryland Governor’s Workforce Investment Board, died in July of heart failure.

Mark Fetting, who passionately supported his three children, adored Stephen Sondheim’s music, died Saturday morning after a heart attack. He was 70-years-old.

Ernie Kent, a Holocaust survivor who worked for decades in Maryland politics, died on July 8 of congestive heart failure, days shy of her 96th birthday.

Richard Alter, the president and CEO of the real estate investment company Manekin Corp. and a prominent member of Baltimore’s Jewish community, died at 81.

Jimmy Nugent, who had his hands all over Baltimore’s restaurant scene, died July 6. The cause of death has not yet been determined. He was 34.

Hogan won at least six WWE championships and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005.

Keith Garrett was found murdered in his Belair-Edison rowhome on July 12. As the investigation into his death continues, his family remembers him as a loving, smart and neighborly man.

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died at 54. He was known for playing Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show.” Costa Rican authorities report he drowned Sunday afternoon at Playa Cocles on the Caribbean coast.

At 97, Billy Hunter was the last surviving member of the St. Louis Browns and the inaugural Baltimore Orioles team. He died July 3.

Darren Foxwell, an 18-year-old Easton High School graduate and the son of Democratic political consultant Len Foxwell, died last month in a car crash.

Craig Smith, a commercial real estate developer who also used to run a family trucking business, died June 7 of lung cancer. He was 82.

Jeremy Walston, a Bolton Hill doctor who founded the Johns Hopkins Human Aging Project, died June 10 of glioblastoma. He was 64.

Eugene "Gene" Clark, the chief of staff for state Sen. Charles Sydnor of Baltimore County, died May 27 of cancer. He was 81.