Robert “Bob” Draper Jr., one of Baltimore’s first Black orthopedic surgeons, died Aug. 29. He was 79.

Gene Litz, a Baltimore pilot and navigator who participated in Operation Highjump, the U.S. Navy’s 1946 Antarctic expedition, died Aug. 21. He was 100.

Paul Torres, a Navy veteran, chef and native of the Philippines, died July 19 of complications after gallbladder surgery. He was 84.

Sheppard Kellam, a former chair of the mental health department at the Johns Hopkins University, died July 11. He was 95.

Matt Tacka, who worked as a host and producer at WYPR for over a decade, died Saturday of respiratory failure. He was 55.

Iris “P Nut” Cormier, a beloved bartender at Drummer’s Lot Pub in Annapolis, died this month. He was 66.

Laurie Gillespie, known to her neighbors as ‘L,’ lived out of her car in Bolton Hill for the past five years. After she died last month, her car turned into a makeshift memorial and tribute to her life.

Rabbi Gustav “Gus” Buchdahl, who served for 37 years at Temple Emanuel and continued to teach at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, died June 7 at age 91.

Rev. Annie Chambers, a Baltimore civil rights icon who advocated for the poor, died July 2 of an infection. She was 84.

Susan Goering, the former executive director of the ACLU of Maryland, died June 21 of cancer. She was 73.

Ron Singer, the owner of the popular gay bar Leon’s Backroom in Baltimore, dies at 66.

Alan Goldberg, the founder of the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing at Johns Hopkins University, died June 9 of pneumonia. He was 86.

Stan Saunders, a longtime WJZ sports anchor and media teacher in Baltimore, died last week. He was 72.

Hoye, a competitive spirit who loved putting on a good outfit and orchestrating pranks, died May 30. She was 50.

Shina Parker, who founded Integrity Title and blazed a path for Black women in the real estate industry, died May 28 of natural causes. She was 63.

Joni Holifield, the founder and executive director of the youth-focused nonprofit HeartSmiles, died this week after a battle with ovarian cancer.

Kevin Curley, the longtime McDaniel College basketball coach who amassed the most wins in school history, died May 27 of cancer. He was 54.

Susan Van Buren, a landscape architect and longtime Bolton Hill resident who cared for a massive home garden, died April 15 of liver cancer. She was 78.

Santa Wayne, who made the holidays cheery for generations of Marylanders, died Thursday of heart complications. He was 77.

Fred Cogswell, a former Baltimore County Public Schools teacher and principal, died April 25 of heart failure at age 83.