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PublishedJanuary 4, 2018
Gerard Conley Sr., former Portland mayor, House member, senator, dies at 88
He was a Maine Senate president and chairman of the Maine Turnpike Authority.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2017
Feature obituary: Walter Stump, 83, retired USM theater professor and author
He directed more than 120 plays during his career and coached numerous national champions in reader's theater.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2017
Charles Jenkins, U.S. sergeant who defected to North Korea in 1960s, dies
He was 24 when he drunkenly stumbled across the border. He spent the next nearly 40 years in what he described as a 'giant, demented prison.'
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PublishedDecember 7, 2017
William H. Gass, pioneer of American postmodern writing, dies at 93
The esoteric novelist and essayist seemed happy not to achieve widespread fame, though he was critically beloved.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2017
Christine Keeler, whose Profumo Affair rocked 1960s Britain, dies at 75
The tabloid scandal stoked concern that the London showgirl was funneling state secrets from a war secretary to a Soviet spy.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2017
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, renowned Russian baritone, dies at 55
The singer was once referred to as the 'Elvis of opera' and had a dark, commanding voice that was easy to recognize.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2017
Feature obituary: Melvin Stone, media fixture and witness to Nuremberg trials, dies at 96
He ended up owning numerous radio stations in Maine and was the first president of the New England Press Association.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2017
Feature obituary: Davis McFadden, 87, outdoorsman, ambulance driver, family man
The skier and fisherman with boat-building skills was heartbroken by the passing of his wife, and died 53 days later.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2017
Feature obituary: Rocco DiDonato Jr., 70, longtime custodian and Eucharistic minister with Portland diocese
After retiring, he volunteered in the pastoral services department at Maine Medical Center for nearly 11 years.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2017
Feature obituary: Allan Kellis, 68, co-owner who helped get The Holy Donut cooking
The father of Leigh Kellis was instrumental in making the business take off, and helping to fulfill his daughter's dream.
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