Derek O’Brien frequented local businesses, made friends everywhere he went and helped others with spinal cord injuries get all they could out of life.
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Freeport Flag Lady JoAnn Miller, a pillar of patriotism, dies
One of the Freeport Flag Ladies passed away on Feb. 22, surrounded by friends and family. A public celebration of life will be held Tuesday, March 4.
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What reading about dead people tells us about life
The best obituaries, those that are most enjoyable to read, juxtapose obvious public accomplishments with the sheer strangeness of people’s lives.
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Remembering notable Mainers who died in 2024
The well-known Mainers who died this year include authors and artists, entrepreneurs and educators, photographers and philanthropists.
Posted inNation & World
Nicholas Daniloff, reporter held in Moscow amid Cold War tussle, dies at 89
The showdown over Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, came at a delicate moment.
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Cissy Houston, Grammy-winning gospel singer and Whitney Houston’s mother, dies at 91
She performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin.
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Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dies at 83
In his time, no one in the book world was more feared. With the power to make anything a bestseller, or a flop, to alter the market on an idle whim, Riggio could terrify publishers. Then came Amazon.
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Bill Pascrell Jr., long-serving House member from N.J., dies at 87
He was the U.S. House of Representative’s second-oldest member, after Rep. Grace F. Napolitano, D-Calif., who is set to retire at the end of the current term.
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Former five-time Lebanese prime minister Salim Hoss dies at 94
Lebanon’s current premier described Hoss as ‘the conscience of Lebanon.’
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Darryl Hickman, celebrated child actor in the 1940s, dies at 92
His credits include ‘The Grapes of Wrath,’ ‘Leave Her to Heaven’ and ‘Men of Boys Town.’