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Feature obituary: Ernest Dugas, 93, papermaker, fun-loving father married 71 years

Family and faith meant everything to the lifetime Westbrook resident who had six children with his wife of 71 years, Frances.

Family and friends say McCoy was happy to show new firefighters the ropes.

His own effort to stay sober helped him earn their respect.

He was a Maine Senate president and chairman of the Maine Turnpike Authority.

He directed more than 120 plays during his career and coached numerous national champions in reader’s theater.

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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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The esoteric novelist and essayist seemed happy not to achieve widespread fame, though he was critically beloved.

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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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The singer was once referred to as the ‘Elvis of opera’ and had a dark, commanding voice that was easy to recognize.

He ended up owning numerous radio stations in Maine and was the first president of the New England Press Association.