Robert Richard Meads Jr., who was known as Bullit, died on March 16, 2024 at his brother Nicholas’s house on Nelson Avenue in Provincetown after a period of failing health. […]
Obituaries
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Bertram Perkel, a ‘Civil Rights Warrior,’ Dies at 94
Bertram Perkel, a New Yorker who made his home on the Outer Cape for the last 22 years and had a profound influence in local government and as a champion […]
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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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Paul Meehan of Eastham and Provincetown Was 79
Paul M. Meehan died peacefully from complications of a stroke on Feb. 27, 2024 at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 79. The third son of John […]
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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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John Kiely of Wellfleet was 61
John “Jay” Kiely of Wellfleet died peacefully on Feb. 13, 2024 after one day in hospice at the McCarthy Care Center in Sandwich. The cause was cancer, which Jay had […]
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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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Dick Elkin, Climate Activist and Nauset Neighbors Founder, Dies at 81
For Wellfleet, Cape Cod, and the Earth, Dick Elkin’s vision was clear: because most greenhouse gas emissions on the Outer Cape are generated by vehicles, residential power consumption, and heating, […]
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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.” […]
