Pickens’ bold forays into the stock market and his visibility on magazine covers and TV made him one of the few businessmen in the 1980s who were instantly recognizable to the average American.
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Ferdinand Piëch, auto executive who made Volkswagen Europe’s biggest carmaker, dies at 82
In 1993, the year he became chief executive, only 62,000 Volkswagens were sold in the United States. Nine years later, more than 355,000 were sold.
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David Moran, owner of Sorella’s Bakehouse and an ‘unsung hero’ of Portland’s food scene
At the height of his career, he made bread for an estimated 200 to 300 businesses at the East Bayside bakery.
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Chris Kraft, godfather of NASA’s Mission Control, dies at 95
Kraft played a crucial role in the achievements of John Glenn, Neil Armstrong and other space pioneers as a backstage visionary during the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space missions.
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Peter Moore III, a master craftsman of Native American arts, dies at 65
He is best known for intricate carvings that depict images of wildlife, including a prayer staff presented to former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
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Anita Epstein, who chronicled her infancy during the Holocaust, dies at 76
“Few babies or very young children, not rescued or hidden, survived,” a historian at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum says.
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Wayne Vetre capped a long career by becoming Wells’ fire chief
Vetre, who died of lung cancer last week, had a 41-year career as a firefighter in Connecticut before moving to Maine and becoming a chief.
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Annamarie Trusiani, co-founder of Paul’s Food Center, dies at 86
She ran the real estate side of the business she and her former husband opened on Congress Street in Portland in 1975.
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Feature obituary: Joan A. Smart, 76, child caseworker who had big impact on kids’ lives
‘She worked long days and on weekends. Whenever she was called upon, she would go,’ said her daughter Robyn Oliver.
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George Rosenkranz, chemist who played role in birth control pill, dies at 102
The Hungarian-born researcher was among a team whose work led to the widespread availability of ‘the pill.’