SALISBURY — Salisbury Mayor Karen Alexander died Sunday night. She was 73. In October, Alexander stepped back from her availability as mayor to focus on her personal health after a cancer diagnosis.

Alexander’s death was confirmed by Assistant City Manager Kelly Baker, who called Alexander a “legitimately warm individual who cared greatly about the city, its people and everyone who worked for it.”

Alexander was in her fourth term as mayor, having first been elected to the Salisbury City Council in 2015 and serving as mayor until 2017. She would return to the mayoral position in 2019 before winning the city’s first ever mayoral election in 2021.

Before serving on the city council, Alexander served as the principal architect for the KKA architecture firm, which she also founded and ran.

A further story on Alexander’s life and legacy will be in Tuesday’s edition of the Salisbury Post.

The Salisbury Post extends its sympathies to Alexander’s family, friends and colleagues.