Today, reporter Ethan Horton tells us how the ‘Werewolves of London’ singer’s recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction tracks back to a super-fan in central Maine. Plus, a mother wins a wrongful death lawsuit against Mid Coast Medical Group in Brunswick after her 15-year-old daughter died of leukemia.
How Hallowell’s clerk got Warren Zevon into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Lisa Gilliam has been a fan for decades, and her social media efforts helped propel the late singer and songwriter into musical immortality.
“I said ‘My brother!’ and then ‘I think I stepped on your foot.’
Former American Idol finalist Julia Gagnon, who began looking for her brother after her birth mother died in Guatemala in 2024. The search ended with a joyful reunion in North Carolina last week.
“I was very nervous and the whole thing was surreal. I wondered if we’d get along. But it turns out we’re like twins, down to some very small mannerisms and how we see the world.”
Read more from arts reporter Ray Routhier: After 20 years, ‘American Idol’s’ Julia Gagnon found a brother she had never met
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