obit
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PublishedDecember 4, 2019
Adam Peiperl, creator of kinetic light sculptures, dies at 84
The Poland-born artist used polarized light to bring rainbow colors out of transparent plastic shapes.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2019
Clive James, Australian-born TV host, writer, critic and all-around wit, dies at 80
James built his early reputation as a television critic before moving to the other side of the camera as a popular TV interviewer and documentarian.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2019
William Ruckelshaus, who refused to join in Nixon’s ‘Saturday Night Massacre,’ dies at 87
As deputy attorney general in 1973, Ruckelshaus refused a presidential order to fire the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate break-in.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2019
Gary Regan, ‘Joy of Mixology’ author who helped lead cocktail revolution, dies at 68
He also examined the philosophical and ethical questions underlying the bartender's craft.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2019
Jacob Leger, 38, a fixture in Portland’s restaurant and music scenes
Leger, who was also active in the area's recovery community, was found dead Monday by Portland police.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2019
Robert Evans, Hollywood mogul of legendary bravado, dies at 89
Considered one of the savviest production chiefs of his era, Evans was at the helm for hits such as 'The Godfather,' 'The Odd Couple' and 'Chinatown.'
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PublishedOctober 23, 2019
Dorothea Buck, Nazi sterilization victim turned artist and author, dies at 102
Buck was one of an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 victims of forced sterilization under Nazi rule, and described in recent years by the German press as one of its last survivors.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2019
Bernard Fisher, pioneering breast cancer surgeon-scientist, dies at 101
He helped move the field away from radical mastectomies, a disfiguring procedure he deemed unnecessary. He helped introduce the idea that the disease can move through the body via the lymph system.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2019
Clayton Grover, who worked at Bath Iron Works for 67 years, dies at 87
The Newcastle man began at the shipyard as a 19-year-old in 1952, leaving to serve in the Army in the Korean War for 2 years before returning to work at BIW until his death this month.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2019
Craig Wilson, greenskeeper at Nonesuch River Golf Course, dies at 72
The Scarborough man, a former dispatcher for Maine Central Railroad and captain for the Blackpoint Hose Company, is remembered fondly by his family.
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