NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Krauthammer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and pundit who helped shape and occasionally dissented from the conservative movement as he evolved from “Great Society” Democrat to Iraq War cheerleader to denouncer of Donald Trump, has died at age 68. His death was announced Thursday by two longtime employers, Fox News Channel […]
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Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain found dead in France at 61 of apparent suicide
PARIS (AP) — American TV celebrity and food writer Anthony Bourdain was found dead in his hotel room Friday in France while working on his CNN series on culinary traditions around the world. He was 61. CNN confirmed the death, saying that Bourdain was found unresponsive Friday morning by friend and chef Eric Ripert in […]
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Alan Bean, Apollo 12 astronaut and moonwalker, dies at 86
Former Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the moon and later turned to painting to chronicle the moon landings on canvas, has died. He was 86. Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969. He spent 31 hours on the moon […]
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Evangelist Billy Graham has died at age 99
MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. Billy Graham, the magnetic, movie-star-handsome preacher who became a singular force in postwar American religious life, a confidant of presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died Wednesday at 99. “America’s Pastor,” as he was dubbed, had suffered from cancer, pneumonia and other ailments and died […]
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Rose C. Rioux
LEWISTON — Rose C. (Castonguay) Rioux, 99, passed away peacefully Monday, Jan. 1, at Montello Manor. She was born in Lewiston in 1918, the daughter of the late Joseph and Amanda (Cloutier) Castonguay. Rose lived in Lewiston her entire life. She was married to Raymond F. Rioux, and they shared a loving marriage of over […]
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Cardinal Law, major figure in Catholic church abuse scandal, dies
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston whose failure to stop child molesters in the priesthood triggered the worst crisis in American Catholicism, died Wednesday in Rome at age 86. Law, who spent his final years in various Vatican posts, had been sick and was recently hospitalized. Law was […]
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Richard "Bud" O. Gates
GARDINER — Richard “Bud” Oliver Gates was called home to rest in the arms of his heavenly Father at his home on Saturday, Oct. 21, in the midst of his loving wife, Jackie, and family. Online condolences may be sent to www.funeralalternatives.net.
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Emile Henault
LEWISTON — Emile Henault, 96, of Lewiston passed away Monday, Aug. 28, 2017 at Montello Manor in Lewiston, with his loving family by his side. He was born in St. Hermenegilde, P.Q., Canada on Jan. 21, 1921, a son of the late Joseph and Marie (Pelletier) Henault. He grew up in the Coaticook, Quebec area […]
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Stephen C. Weidner
AUBURN — Stephen Crawford Weidner, 50, of Auburn, died peacefully on August 27th 2017 at the Marshwood Center in Lewiston. His parents and sisters were with him in his final days of life. He was born in Brunswick on April 17th 1967 and attended schools in Orchard Park and East Aurora New York. Steve graduated […]
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Jacqueline Goupil
AUBURN — Jacqueline Goupil, 80, of Lewiston died on Aug. 29, 2017 at the Hospice House. She was born in Lewiston on Feb. 28, 1937. Jacqueline worked as a caretaker for many years.