The end of a year is typically a time to remember lives lost over the preceding months, and sadly there were many such memorable Mainers in 2021. Some are listed below, including several whose deaths Mainebiz reported.
In memoriam
- 1,158 Mainers who died of COVID-19 during 2021
- F. Lee Bailey, legendary trial lawyer with Maine connection
- Dianne “Dee” Clarke, Maine activist against sex trafficking and homelessness
- David Flanagan, longtime leader of Central Maine Power Co.
- Max Linn, independent candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020
- Wayne Newell, Passamaquoddy writer, teacher, advocate
- Lloyd Robinson, prominent real estate developer in Kennebunk area
- Thomas Smaha, owner of Smaha’s Legion Square Market in South Portland
- George Smith, conservation advocate, head of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine
- Dylan Webber, Maine brewmaster and craft brewing industry pioneer