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Updated: January 3, 2025

In memoriam: Remembering Mainers who died in 2024

Madddy Corson holding an award File photo ourtesy / Brian Peterson In 2019, Maddy Corson received a Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to family-owned business across Maine.

The start of a new year is a fitting time to remember those who left us the preceding year. Here is a look back at some prominent Maine business and political leaders who died in 2024, with either links to articles published by Mainebiz or to official obituaries. Their legacies will live on for many years to come.

Former Maine Gov. Joseph Brennan remembered for public service, integrity 

Joseph Soley, builder and real estate developer who left his mark on Portland

Madeleine Corson, family business owner, publisher and philanthropist, dies at 87

Linda Bean, a Maine icon in her own right, dies at 82 

Machias town manager remembered for being a 'connector of people'

George Ayers, former UMaine astronomer

Philip Levinsky, World War II veteran and clothing retailer 

Francis "Skip" Rist, longtime Bangor business owner 

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