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PublishedFebruary 7, 2019
Patrick Sloyan, esteemed journalist who exposed Gulf War deaths, dies at 82
Among other things, he reported that more than half the U.S. soldiers who died in the first Iraq war were killed by friendly fire.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2019
Former Portland City Manager John Menario, advocate of urban renewal dies at 83
Menario was city manager from 1967 to 1976 and was influential with the City Council.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2019
Ralph Lancaster, known as one of the nation’s best trial attorneys, dies at 88
The Portland lawyer litigated cases ranging from local to international, but friends describe him as a quiet man who did little to draw attention to himself.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2018
Feature obituary: Leon Gerrish, 77, former physician assistant, substance abuse counselor
He was also was a fixture at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, helping to build and fix cars and sponsoring young drivers.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2018
Jack O’Dwyer, newsletter publisher and ‘soul and conscience’ of PR industry, dies at 85
Jack O'Dwyer's Newsletter was considered the first publication to cover the PR industry in a comprehensive, critical manner.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2018
Feature obituary: ‘Leo the Lion’ DiFiore, 69, former Maine boxing champion
The Portland fighter won the Maine State Lightweight Title in 1968.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2018
‘Oatsie’ Charles, grande dame of Newport, R.I., dies at 99
She broke bread with President John F. Kennedy and drank with spy novelist Ian Fleming.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2018
Feature obituary: Joseph McDonough, 80, respected Portland fire chief, dedicated father
Friends and family remember him as 'a great leader who fought for his men and their families,' and as a dad who was 'always there for everything, always present' in his children's lives.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2018
Feature obituary: Barbara Hawkes, Westbrook city clerk and bluegrass legend’s wife, dies at 86
She loved to socialize and help people and had so many skills she 'could do everything,' her daughter says.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2018
Holocaust survivor who uncovered trilobites and subatomic particles dies
Riccardo Levi-Setti, 91, appreciated the aesthetics of studying microscopic cells as much as the underlying physics.
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