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Michael E. Economos, who was a Maryland Institute College of Art instructor for five decades and whose own paintings were defined by figurative realism, died of cancer Nov. 3 at York Hospital in New York City. The White Hall, Baltimore County, resident was 85.
- C. Ed Hartman II, an Annapolis attorney and businessman who shaped the city’s modern-day maritime industry, died Jan. 15 at the age of 95.
- Francis G. “Gil” French, the retired head of the Baltimore City College mathematics department and a veteran member of the Handel Choir of Baltimore, died of COVID-19 complications Jan. 3 at Roland Park Place.
- Florence Aaronson, who was professionally known as Flo Ayres, was a celebrated radio actress, voice-over artist and creator of hundreds of radio voices, died Friday of complications of dementia and COVID-19 at her Mount Washington home. She was 98.
- Shirley Ann Hayes Hargrove, a retired Baltimore City guidance counselor who served at Frederick Douglass High School and was recalled for her optimistic personality, died of cancer Jan. 3 at her home in the Annen Woods section of Pikesville. She was 92.
- The cause was complications from frontotemporal dementia, a debilitative disorder of the brain.
- Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars and later helped to bring attention to the Black pilots who had battled racism at home to fight for freedom abroad, died Sunday. He was 102.
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- John F. “Jack” Curley Jr., whose investment career spanned more than three decades and who rose to become vice chairman and chief administrative officer at Legg Mason, died Jan. 1 in his sleep at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center.
- The longtime Windsor Mill resident was 94.
- Jill Robshaw French, an equestrian and riding instructor who taught for many years at the Columbia Equestrian Center, died in her sleep following hip surgery Dec. 8 while undergoing rehabilitation at the Broadmead Retirement Community.
- Dr. Louis L. Randall was the lone Black student in his 1957 class at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
- Stephen H. Sachs, who had prosecuted the Catonsville Nine in the late 1960s and later served two terms as Maryland’s attorney general before becoming a partner at Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, died Wednesday at his Roland Park Place home. He was 87.
- Michael Parks, the former top editor of the Los Angeles Times who spent 25 years as a foreign correspondent and won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the struggle to end apartheid in South Africa, has died. He was 78.
- Cornelius J. “Neil” Behan, who led the Baltimore County Police Department for 17 years and was known nationally for promoting community policing strategies and gun control, died Friday at his home in Towson. He was 97.
- Herman Williams Jr., Baltimore City’s first Black fire chief who was commended for bravery during his lengthy career, died Saturday night. He was 90.
- Anna V. D’Adamo, whose kitchen was known for its piquant sauces, lasagna and other Italian delicacies, and never empty cookie jar, died of heart failure Dec. 26. The White Marsh resident was 91.
- John D. “Jack” Manley, the first administrator of health, physical education, recreation and athletics and a Title IX pioneer at what is now the Community College of Baltimore County Catonsville, died Dec. 14 at his Catonsville home. He was 94.
- The Rev. Dr. Bowyer Gates Freeman, the pastor of a Forest Park congregation and a past Howard County NAACP president, died of a blood clot Jan. 3 at Howard County General Hospital. The Columbia resident was 61.
- Judge Joseph H. H. Kaplan, the retired chief judge for the Circuit Court for Baltimore City who was recalled for his ability to negotiate difficult issues, died Wednesday at Union Memorial Hospital. He was 85.
- Harry P. Fischer, who was the founder of the Harvest Inn Family Restaurant and earlier had been a farmer and butcher, died of heart failure Friday at his Eldersburg home. He was 93.
- Dr. Gary Philipp Schoppert, a retired general dentist who practiced in Roland Park for 43 years, died of Parkinson’s disease complications Jan. 1 at his Roland Park Place home. The longtime Homeland resident was 80.
- Richard “Dick” Smith, a pianist who entertained at Phillips Seafood Restaurant for nearly 40 years and was an organist at downtown Baltimore’s Stanley Theatre, died of heart disease Dec. 23. He was 76.
- Anna Margaret Hergenroeder, a family matriarch and retired nurse at Mercy Medical Center, where she spent 71 years, died of a heart attack Dec. 26 at University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center.
- Billy Turner, who trained Seattle Slew to a Triple Crown sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes in 1977, has died. He was 81.
- Mark Francis Grasso, a Baltimore County attorney and musician who played guitar and violin at local venues, died of complications of non-small cell lung cancer on Dec. 15 at Stella Maris Hospice. The Perry Hall resident was 67.
- Mark H. Beck, an architect who designed the Lexington Market Arcade during his lengthy professional career, died of Parkinson’s disease complications Dec. 16 at his home in Royal Oak in Talbot County.
- Jerome Darwin Bird, a retired television and video producer who had been education director for the Pride of Baltimore II, died of progressive supranuclear palsy Dec. 21 at Edenwald Senior Living in Towson.
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Rev. Fr. Brian M. Rafferty, a Catholic pastor who served in Ellicott City and Baltimore County, dies
Rev. Father Brian Michael Rafferty, a retired Roman Catholic pastor who served in Ellicott City and Pasadena for many years, died of an extended illness at University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center. - George F. Marmaras, who arrived penniless from his native Greece and established successful Baltimore restaurants, died of congestive heart failure Dec. 23 at Gilchrist Center Towson. The Perry Hall and Lutherville resident was 90.
- Dominic Averza, a leader in Baltimore’s Italian American community who led a firm that completed numerous downtown sidewalk, road and bridge projects, died of congestive heart failure Dec. 11 at his Baltimore County home. He was 94.
- Howard L. “Buddy” Poe Sr., an Army veteran who was a founder of Buddy’s Pool Service in Cockeysville, was died of a heart attack Dec. 2. The Baldwin resident was 80.
- Elizabeth "Liz" Anne Lickle, a retired surgical nurse who sang alongside her husband, “Patches” Lickle, at folk music-themed events of the 1960s and 1970s, died of pneumonia Nov. 30 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. She was 82 and lived in Sparks.
- Charles H. Richter Jr., a Baltimore architect who was known for his modernist commercial and residential designs, died of pneumonia Nov. 13 at Gilchrist Center in Towson. The Mercy Ridge Retirement Community resident was 99.
- C. Christopher Brown, a retired attorney and University of Maryland School of Law professor, died of complications of Parkinson’s disease Dec. 17 at his North Charles Street home. He was 80.
- Christopher J. “Chris” Beutler died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, Saturday at Gilchrist Center in Towson. The Cockeysville resident was 54.
