David Abraham Raboy, who ran a zoo in Provincetown in the 1970s and lived most recently in Newport, R.I., died at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River on April 6, […]
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Coast Guard Veteran Manuel Macara Jr. Dies at 89
Coast Guard veteran and fisherman Manuel G. Macara Jr. of Truro died peacefully on March 23, 2024 at home with his children by his side. He was 89. Manny, or […]
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West Waters, Owner of Codder’s Furniture, Was 66
West Waters, former owner of Codder’s Furniture Co. in Wellfleet and a self-taught artist, died suddenly on Feb. 24, 2024 at his home in King and Queen County, Virginia. The […]
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‘Beautifully Fierce’ Wellfleet Painter Nora Speyer Dies at 101
The painter Nora Speyer, a founder of the Landmark Gallery in New York City and the Long Point Gallery in Provincetown, died on March 20, 2024 at Grand Oaks Assisted […]
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Businessman and Mentor Richard Paul White Dies at 81
Richard Paul White of Provincetown and Sarasota, Fla. died after a short illness on March 11, 2024 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital with his husband, David Scarbie Mitchell, by his side. […]
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Writer and Professor Kermit Wonders Moyer II Dies at 80
Professor Kermit Wonders Moyer II died at Cape Cod Hospital on March 8, 2024 at the end of a day spent with his family. The cause was advanced Parkinson’s disease. […]
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Printer and Provincetown Summer Resident George Gillen Was 90
George J. Gillen died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on March 1, 2024 at the V.A. Hospital in West Roxbury after a period of declining health. He was 90. A […]
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Civil Rights Lawyer Julie Shapiro Dies at 68
Civil rights lawyer and legal scholar Julie Shapiro, a longtime summer resident of Truro, died at her home in Seattle on March 12, 2024 after a lifelong fight with Marfan […]
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Artist and Adventurer Richard Iammarino Dies at 86
This article was updated on April 2, 2024. Artist Richard Iammarino was “starting a new series of pictures, returning to figurative work after years of abstraction” when he died suddenly […]
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Fisherman and Builder Martin Cordeiro Was 79
Longtime Provincetown resident Martin L. Cordeiro, most recently of Waite, Maine, died peacefully at the Calais Community Hospital in Calais, Maine on Feb. 28, 2024 with his niece, Rachel Hayden, […]
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Molly Mae Benjamin of Wellfleet and Provincetown Dies at 52
Molly Mae Benjamin died unexpectedly at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis on Feb. 1, 2024. The cause of death was liver failure. She was 52. The daughter of fisherman and […]
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Donald Thibeault Jr., Restorer of Wooden Boats, Dies at 70
Wooden boat restorer Donald Andrew Thibeault, Jr., who learned his skills at Flyer’s Boatyard in Provincetown, died at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. on Feb. 23, 2024. He […]
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Former OCHS Board President Irene Daitch Dies at 100
When Kathleen Weiner took up her post as chief development officer for Outer Cape Health Services in 2017, she launched a capital campaign and chose Irene Daitch as one of […]
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Melissa Rhys Powel, ‘Aunt Lissy,’ Dies at 68
After a brief illness, Melissa Rhys Powel died unexpectedly in her sleep on Jan. 4, 2024 at her home in Albany, Ore. She was alone at the time; no cause […]
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Musician and Principal Betty Comey Was 100
Betty E. Comey retired to Provincetown 30 years ago, where, her family wrote, she loved “the many talented artists, musicians, performers, storytellers, longtime residents, and members of the Unitarian Church.” […]
