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Willie Chambers was one of Baltimore's longest-serving pastors.

James J. ‘Jim’ Hennessey, prolific Baltimore artist and longtime MICA faculty member, dies

May 28, 2023 at 4:00 a.m.

James J. 'Jim' Hennessey, a prolific Baltimore artist who was on the faculty of the Maryland Institute College of Art for nearly four decades, died of undetermined causes May 17...

Gerald Fischman, editorial editor for the Capital Gazette, had worked professionally at newspapers since 1980 and was known for his careful editing, his attention to detail and his sharp wit.

Gerald Fischman, Capital Gazette editorial writer, was known and respected for his sharp wit and command of facts

July 1, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

If veteran Capital Gazette editorial writer Gerald Fischman could have chosen what he would be doing on the last day of his life, this was it: He was a newspaperman....

Former Notre Dame quarterback Bob Williams dies at age 86

June 10, 2018 at 12:34 p.m.

Robert A. "Bobby" Williams, the Notre Dame quarterback led the Fighting Irish to an undefeated season in 1949 and later played for the Bears and became a construction company owner...

Patrick C. Johns, known as the ‘Master of Disaster,’ dies

May 22, 2019 at 2:20 p.m.

Patrick C. Johns, a legendary Catholic Relief Services worker whose expertise as director of emergency operations earned him the title of "Master of Disaster," died Sept. 14 of kidney and...

Author Tom Clancy died Oct. 1 at age 66 in Baltimore.

Tom Clancy, ‘king of the techno-thriller’

June 7, 2019 at 3:12 p.m.

Tom Clancy, the prolific Baltimore-born author whose novels "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games" inspired blockbuster movies and action-packed video games, earning him the nickname "king of the...

Tom Clancy dies at 66

May 25, 2020 at 4:48 a.m.

Tom Clancy, the Baltimore-born author whose novels "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games" subsequently inspired blockbuster movies and action-packed video games, died Tuesday after a brief illness at...

Jack W. Germond, political columnist, dies at 85

June 30, 2019 at 4:11 a.m.

Jack W. Germond, the irascible, portly columnist and commentator who was a fixture on the American political scene for nearly 50 years, including nearly 20 of them in The Baltimore...

Author Richard Ben Cramer at his house in Cambridge in 1992.

Richard Ben Cramer, Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 62

August 21, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

Richard Ben Cramer, a former Baltimore Sun reporter who later became a Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for The Philadelphia Inquirer and an acclaimed author chronicling the lives of politicians and...

Damion Campbell, 23, Army sergeant

May 30, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

Donna M. Robinson learned in an e-mail last week from her son, an Army medic serving in Afghanistan, that he was about to leave on a mission. "He couldn't tell...

Afraid of Alzheimer’s, jurist takes his own life

August 19, 2021 at 5:24 p.m.

For a man who trounced tennis partners half his age, who heard court cases into his 70s and challenged anything--be it state law or synagogue leadership--that tried to nudge him...

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