BRUNSWICK – Robert “Bob” M. Bender, 84, died on Jan. 31, 2024, in Brunswick. He was born on Oct. 7, 1939, …
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Jimmy Van Eaton, an early rock ‘n’ roll drummer who played at Sun Records, dies at 86
Van Eaton played behind the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis and Billy Lee Riley at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
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‘Diva’ film soprano Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez Smith has died at 75
She was well known for her performance in the French cult-classic film.
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Peter Silberman, high-ranking Washington Post editor, dies at 93
Peter H. Silberman, who fled Nazi Germany as a child for the relative safety of Japanese-occupied Shanghai, grew up to become a journalist and retired as the third-ranking editor at The Washington Post, died Feb. 8 at a hospital in Bethesda, Md. He was 93. The cause was sepsis and COVID, said his longtime friend and […]
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Don Catlin, founder of modern anti-doping testing, dies at 85
Before Barry Bonds, before Russia at the Sochi Olympics, before the past four decades of sports doping scandals and allegations, there was Don Catlin in his UCLA laboratory. Before Catlin opened the United States’ first sports anti-doping lab in 1982, “bigger, faster, stronger” was something that came from a bottle. Steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs […]
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Obituary: Louis D. “Rubby” Robichaud
SANFORD – Louis D. “Rubby” Robichaud, 94, of Sanford, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Dec. 5, …
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Obituary: Roland Andrew White
FALMOUTH – Roland Andrew White, 79, went to be with the Lord on Feb. 4, 2024, after a long illness with …
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Obituary: Robert “Bob” Harry Jenkins
PORTLAND – Robert “Bob” Harry Jenkins, 76, passed away on Jan. 29, 2024 at Maine Medical Center, in Portland, with family …
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Obituary: Carolyn (Judkins) Smith
CUMBERLAND FORESIDE – Born on June 11, 1939, in McKeesport, Pa., Carolyn passed Jan. 16, 2024, at the age of 84. …
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Obituary: Henry Joseph Korsiak
HARPSWELL – Henry Joseph Korsiak, 80, of Harpswell, passed away peacefully with loved ones by his side, on Sunday, Feb. 4, …