Michael ‘Mike’ Eller, jazz guitarist and McDonogh School music instructor, dies

Michael “Mike” Eller, a guitarist and McDonogh School instructor, died of lung cancer complications June 10 at University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. The Lutherville resident was 72.

Born in Chicago, he was the son of John Eller, an insurance executive and Helen O’Brien, an antique dealer. His family moved to Baltimore when he was a child and he attended Immaculate Conception School in Towson before graduating in 1970 from Towson High School. He attended Berklee College of Music...