TRURO — Robert Jay Lifton, the eminent psychiatrist, author, and anti-nuclear activist, died on Sept. 4, 2025 at the Truro home he had shared for more than a decade with […]
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Charles Giachinta, Whose Gift for Hospitality Was ‘Magical,’ Dies at 54
Charles Giachinta, best known in town as the beloved manager of Liz’s Café, Anybody’s Bar for the past nine seasons, died at his Provincetown home on Sept. 1, 2025. The […]
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John Doucette, Who Offered Help to Many, Dies at 66
John P. Clancy Doucette, a handyman, carpenter, and dune shack caretaker who was active in the local recovery community, died of pancreatic cancer on June 7, 2025 attended by his […]
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A Provincetown Native, Decorated Veteran Richard Cook Dies at 96
Richard “Cookie” Cook, a Provincetown native and decorated U.S. Army veteran, died on July 14, 2025 in Lansing, Kans. The cause was cardiac arrest. He was 96. Richard was born […]
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Evelyn Sheffres, an Artist and Independent Thinker, Dies at 91
Artist Evelyn A. Sheffres, formerly of Wellfleet, died on Aug. 7, 2025 at Scripps Coastal Medical Center in Carlsbad, Calif. with her sons by her side. The cause was pneumonia. […]
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Frank Thompson, a Pipe Organ Expert, Was 82
Frank Thompson, a longtime resident of Provincetown, died on June 17, 2025 in Pompton Plains, N.J. of complications from pneumonia. He served on several town boards, including as chair of […]
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Scholar, Music and Art Lover Joseph D. Harris Dies at 91
Dartmouth Professor Emeritus of physics and astronomy Joseph David Harris died on May 21, 2025 at his home in Claremont, N.H. He was 91. Though Joe’s roots were in Kentucky […]
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William Bradford Goedicke, Kind and Eccentric, Dies at 67
William Bradford Goedicke, a tech expert and eccentric whose family has loved Beach Point for three generations, died in the middle of the night on June 29, 2025 at his […]
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Psychologist and Long-Distance Swimmer Peter Titelman Dies at 81
Peter Titelman, a clinical psychologist and author and a longtime lover of Truro, died at the Rockridge Retirement Community in Northampton on Aug. 6, 2025 of complications from end-stage Alzheimer’s […]
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Provincetown’s Roger Locke, ‘a Great Life Partner,’ Dies at 93
Roger Sherman Locke, a Korean War veteran and avid fisherman who spent many summers in Provincetown before retiring here, died at Cape Cod Hospital of complications from pneumonia on June […]
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Joan Nagle, Who Swam for Life, Dies at 91
Joan VanDerMaelen Nagle of Provincetown died peacefully on July 8, 2025 at Seashore Point, surrounded by her children. She was 91. Born in New Haven, Conn. on Oct. 20, 1933 […]
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Gerard Kinahan, North Truro’s Witty Dentist, Dies at 68
Gerard Joseph Kinahan, a longtime local dentist, musician, and father of three, died at his North Truro home on Aug. 14, 2025. The cause was prostate cancer. He was 68. […]
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A ‘Tinkerer’ and Artist, James Piehler Was 94
Provincetown summer resident James Piehler died on Dec. 4, 2024 from complications of a fall at his home in New Jersey. He was 94. Jim was born on Nov. 10, […]
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Mary Jane Houk, Founder of Wellfleet’s Sandpiper Gallery, Dies at 84
As soon as Thanksgiving was over, Mary Jane Houk’s Wellfleet home lit up in anticipation of Christmas. She carefully wrapped a string of lights around an evergreen tree that was […]
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Leonard Goldstein, the Jolly Head of Miller Brewing Co., Dies at 98
When Leonard J. Goldstein wrote notes to his family and friends, he often doodled a smiling self-portrait at the bottom of the page. It was a characteristic show of good […]
