She was regarded as a pioneer for radio therapists and was known for such advice as not dating for a year after a relationship had ended.
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Gene Wilder, zany star of ‘Wonka’ and Brooks films, dies at 83
The frizzy-haired actor who earned two Oscar nominations often played neurotics or eccentrics and came up with his own comic ideas.
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Thomas Steinbeck, author and screenwriter, dies at 72
He worked to protect copyrights of his Nobel Prize-winning father, writer John Steinbeck, and others.
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Adele Donovan, longtime advocate for women struggling with alcoholism, dies at 91
She opened her house to women and co-founded Crossroads for Women, which provides addiction services in southern Maine.
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Groundbreaking ecologist Robert ‘Bob’ Paine dies at 83
He introduced the concept of ‘keystone’ species and revealed their importance within ecosystems.
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Actress Beth Howland, who played Vera on ‘Alice,’ dies at 74
She died on Dec. 31, 2015 but wanted no funeral or memorial service, her husband said.
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Paralyzed teen who sued Pop Warner football league dies
Donnovan Hill was 13 when he fractured his spine in a 2011 game, using a dangerous tackle he said his coaches advocated.
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Gene Gutowski, producer of Polanski films, dies at 90
The Holocaust survivor also worked with U.S. military intelligence and was an artist and sculptor.
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William Brodrick, longtime Maine Superior Court judge, remembered as ‘a quiet mentor’
Brodrick, who served for nearly 20 years and then returned from retirement to hear cases, died from pancreatic cancer March 6 at his winter home in Florida.
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Harper Lee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ dies at 89
For most of her life, she divided her time between New York City, where she wrote the novel in the 1950s, and her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, which inspired the book’s fictional Maycomb.