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PublishedDecember 31, 2023
Former central Maine district attorney remembered for toughness on crime, compassion for victims
David Crook, who served six terms in office from 1978 to 2002, focused his career on child abuse and drug cases and worked to advocate for victims of crimes. He died in November at age 77.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2023
Carlo Cimino, founder of Maine construction company, dies at 84
The business he launched 57 years ago has led the construction of schools and multifamily housing projects throughout the state.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2022
Olivia Newton-John, acclaimed singer and ‘Grease’ and ‘Xanadu’ star, dies at 73
A cause of death hasn’t been announced, but she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992 and underwent years of treatment. The cancer returned in 2017.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2022
Tim Allen, veteran Maine news editor, dies at 70
Allen was a copy editor and weekend city editor at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram for nine years, and had worked at several other Maine dailies as well.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2022
Augusta woman’s first-person obituary an ode to her ‘positive vibes,’ daughters say
Gail Armstrong says in her obituary she has joined the newspapers' "Stiffs Section" after dying last week from "complications with illness, having a little too much fun earlier in life, and fatigue from dealing with all the humorless and overly sensitive people in this world today." She was 61.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2022
Gail Armstrong
AUGUSTA - I hate to admit it but I, Gail A. Armstrong from Augusta, have passed away with my two loving ...
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PublishedNovember 21, 2016
Phyllis Austin, prominent Maine environmental journalist, dies at 75
Friends and colleagues say the Brunswick native excelled at her craft by immersing herself in the places she wrote about.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2016
Dap-Kings singer Sharon Jones dies at 60
The 'female James Brown' shepherded a soul revival.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2016
Denton Cooley, pioneer in heart transplant surgery, dies at age 96
He performed some of the nation's first heart transplants and implanted the world's first artificial heart.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2016
Former president leaves legacy of family atmosphere at SMCC
Wayne Ross, who led the school for more than 20 years, has died at the age of 80.
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