Gail Armstrong says in her obituary she has joined the newspapers’ “Stiffs Section” after dying last week from “complications with illness, having a little too much fun earlier in life, and fatigue from dealing with all the humorless and overly sensitive people in this world today.” She was 61.
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Obituary: Gail Armstrong
AUGUSTA – I hate to admit it but I, Gail A. Armstrong from Augusta, have passed away with my two loving …
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Phyllis Austin, prominent Maine environmental journalist, dies at 75
Friends and colleagues say the Brunswick native excelled at her craft by immersing herself in the places she wrote about.
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Dap-Kings singer Sharon Jones dies at 60
The ‘female James Brown’ shepherded a soul revival.
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Denton Cooley, pioneer in heart transplant surgery, dies at age 96
He performed some of the nation’s first heart transplants and implanted the world’s first artificial heart.
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Former president leaves legacy of family atmosphere at SMCC
Wayne Ross, who led the school for more than 20 years, has died at the age of 80.
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Dwayne Andreas, former Archer Daniels Midland CEO, dies at 98
The college dropout turned his company into the ‘supermarket to the world.’
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Vietnam War-era defense secretary Melvin Laird dies at 94
A congressman from Wisconsin and a counselor to President Nixon, Laird made the call asking Gerald Ford if he would replace Spiro Agnew.
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Lupita Tovar, Mexican actress from Hollywood’s golden era, dies at 106
Many of her movies, including ‘Dracula,’ were filmed concurrently with their English-speaking counterparts.