Sobol’s career included groundbreaking litigation involving desegregation of schools, employment discrimination against minorities and women, and electing African-Americans to public office.
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Sculptor Glenna Goodacre, who created Vietnam Women’s Memorial, dies at 80
The memorial is on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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Allen Garfield, elite 1970s character actor, dies at 80
The star of films like ‘The Conversation,’ ‘The Candidate’ and ‘Nashville’ died Tuesday from complications related to COVID-19.
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‘Full House,’ Broadway producer Thomas Miller dies at 79
Miller also had a hand in Gary Marshall sitcoms including ‘Happy Days,’ ‘Laverne & Shirley’ and ‘Mork and Mindy.’
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Thomas Dyro, a mainstay of Portland’s recovery community, dies at age 70
Mr. Dyro got sober in 2002 and became active in several recovery programs.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra flutist Doriot Anthony Dwyer dies at 98
Dwyer was the second woman ever to win a principal chair in a major U.S. orchestra.
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Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled the moon in 1971, dies at age 88
Once his crewmates were back on board and headed home after testing a lunar rover, Worden performed the first deep-space spacewalk – nearly 200,000 miles from Earth.
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Native American journalist, activist Chuck Trimble dies at 84
Trimble founded the American Indian Press Association in the 1970s, citing a lack of coverage of Native American issues.
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Clayton Grover, who worked at Bath Iron Works for 67 years, dies at 87
The Newcastle man began at the shipyard as a 19-year-old in 1952, leaving to serve in the Army in the Korean War for 2 years before returning to work at BIW until his death this month.
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Craig Wilson, greenskeeper at Nonesuch River Golf Course, dies at 72
The Scarborough man, a former dispatcher for Maine Central Railroad and captain for the Blackpoint Hose Company, is remembered fondly by his family.