Recent Obituaries

Joyce May Bell, 64, longtime member of Boothbay Register staff
The Boothbay Register lost a longtime employee and member of its office family on July 21 when Joyce May Bell, 64, of Boothbay Harbor died from an asthma attack.
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Bob DeLong, 68, had long career as BDN photographer
Bob DeLong, who was a photographer for the Bangor Daily News for 22 years and worked for the paper for 34 years, died on July 11 in Bangor after a short illness. He was 68.
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Longtime Brunswick publisher Cam Niven dies at 78
Campbell B. "Cam" Niven, who was publisher of The Times Record in Brunswick for 30 years, died on April 28 at the age of 78.
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Hall of Fame journalist Doug Kneeland dies at 78
Douglas E. Kneeland, a member of the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame who covered some of the nation?s most important stories during more than four decades as a journalist, died of lung cancer on Dec. 15 at the age of 78.
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Linda McRea, veteran journalist, Bangor copy editor, dies at 57
Linda M. McRea, who was a reporter, editor and columnist for Maine newspapers for nearly 30 years, most recently at the Bangor Daily News, died on Sept. 26 at her home in Bangor after a brief illness. She was 57.
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Barbara Yeaton, 92; entered Hall of Fame in 2001
Barbara N. Yeaton, whose 55 years as a freelance writer and photographer made her a member of the MPA Hall of Fame, died in her hometown of Farmington on Aug. 24. She was 92.
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Verdi Tripp, 66; Bureau chief went on to start weekly paper
Verdi Tripp, who was a bureau chief for the Maine Sunday Telegram and Portland Press Herald and later a newspaper publisher and a state representative, died of cancer on May 23 at his home in Brunswick. He was 66.
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Waldo Pray, 83: longtime reporter in Portland
Waldo Pray, 83, who worked for 22 years as a reporter for the Portland Press Herald, Evening Express and Maine Sunday Telegram, died of lung cancer on March 19 at the Maine Veterans home in Scarborough.
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Arthur Guesman; taught in UMaine journalism department
Arthur O. Guesman, a professor emeritus who taught in the University of Maine?s communication and journalism department, died on March 17 at the age of 74.
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Former Morning Sentinel columnist dies at 85
Clayton LaVerdiere, who was a reporter, a columnist and an editor for the Morning Sentinel of Waterville for 50 years, died of Parkinson?s disease on Nov. 2. He was 85.
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Joseph Nemi, 75; owned Franklin Journal, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Joseph Nemi, who owned the Livermore Falls Advertiser and The Franklin Journal of Farmington, died on April 9 at the age of 75.
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Brian C. Thayer, 57; longtime newspaper executive
Brian C. Thayer, who was an executive at newspapers in Maine and Connecticut for many years, died from an apparent heart attack on April 9. He was 57.
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Joanne Jordan Van Namee, 82; chair of Bangor Publishing directors
Joanne Jordan Van Namee, who was chairman of the board of directors of the Bangor Publishing Co., owner of the Bangor Daily News, died on March 8 at the age of 82.
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Alan R. Miller, 76, longtime journalism professor at University of Maine
Alan R. Miller, who taught journalism at the University of Maine for more than 20 years and chronicled the history of Maine?s daily and weekly newspapers, died Dec. 30 in Arlington, Va., at the age of 76.
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'Arley' Clark, Camden Herald columnist, dies at 88
A. Carman Clark, who wrote a column for The Camden Herald for more than 23 years, died on Nov. 28 at the age of 88.
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Hall of Famer Dick Doyle dies at 86
Dick Doyle, who covered sports for the Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram and Evening Express for 44 years and entered the MPA Hall of Fame in 2004, died on June 3 at the age of 86.
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Victor Schlich, 84, worked in Maine newspapers, TV
Victor Schlich, who had a long career in Maine journalism, died on July 4 at the age of 84.
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Raymond Blair, 85, former Times Record editor
Raymond Blair, who was a Washington correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, associate editor at The Times Record in Brunswick and later a part-time copy editor at the Portland Press Herald, died June 27 at the age of 85.
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Robert L. Forkey, 65, former Press Herald, Times Record reporter
Robert L. Forkey, who worked as a reporter for the Portland Press Herald for 13 years, died May 19 at Mid Coast Senior Health Care in Brunswick. He was 65.
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Lisa Giguere, 52, Sun Journal reporter, editor
Lisa Giguere, a longtime reporter and editor for the Sun Journal of
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Maine loses two Hall of Fame journalists
Two members of the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame died in August and September.
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Joseph Cabaniss Jr.
Joseph Cabaniss Jr., 75, of Isleboro, Me., died on Sept. 6 in Mid Maine Medical Center.
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Gerald Angel
Gerald D. Angel of Newport, Me., co-founder of the weekly newspaper The Rolling Thunder Express of Newport, died Jan. 4 after a long battle with cancer. He was 52.
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