Here's a quick list of some notable Mainers who died in 2017

Some of these people were well known in Maine, and others had reputations that extended well beyond the state boundary. Some lived in Maine, some were born here, and others had strong connections to the state. All of them died in 2017.

(In alphabetical order)
Peter Alfond was a philanthropist whose family earned billions of dollars in the shoe business and by investing in Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. He died July 10 at age 65 from malaria.

Frank Anicetti, founder of The Moxie Festival and longtime promoter of the soft drink, died May 22 at the age of 77. Anicetti's Kennebec Fruit Company store in Lisbon had become a defacto Moxie museum since Anicetti launched the festival in 1977. The drink, which originated in Maine, was named the state's official soft drink in 2005.

Ingrid Bengis-Palei became well-known as a writer at a young age but later in life achieved renown among exclusive chefs for supplying them with fresh seafood caught in the waters off Stonington, where she lived. She died July 13 from cancer at the age of 72.

David Moses Bridges was a member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe widely known for his traditional craftsmanship of birch bark canoes and baskets. He died on Jan. 20 at the age of 54 from cancer of the sinus.

Arthur P. Brountas, a businessman and former mayor of Bangor, died Oct. 30 at the age of 90.

Dave Cloutier was a former UMaine football star who went on to become the first Mainer to play for the Patriots NFL team. He died Nov. 6 at his home in Florida at the age of 78.

Richard B. Dudman retied to Maine after an extensive and varied journalism career but continued to write, penning more than 1,000 editorials for the Bangor Daily News. A longtime Ellsworth resident and member of the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame, he died August 3 in Blue Hill at the age of 99.

Marvin Glazier, a longtime defense attorney in Bangor, died Nov. 23 of cancer at the age of 72.

Dahlov Ipcar, a famous painter who illustrated more than 30 children's books, died Feb. 10 at her home in Georgetown. She was 99 years old.

Daniel G. Lilley, a prominent criminal defense attorney in Portland, died March 11 at the age of 79.

Andy Mays, a Southwest Harbor scallop fisherman who served on local and state fisheries-related panels and who was featured on the Colbert Report television comedy program after he sought police help when he misplaced of bucket of scallop gonads, died Dec. 28 after battling cancer for nearly three years. He was 53 years old.

Lois Dickson Rice, a native of Portland who went on to become an education policy expert and advocate, and whose daughter Susan Rice became President Obama's National Security Adviser, died Jan. 4 at the age of 83.

David Rockefeller, the billionaire philanthropist and former chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, died March 20 at the age of 101. Rockefeller, whose family made a fortune in the oil business and helped create Acadia National Park, had extensive landing holdings on Mount Desert Island, where Rockefellers have summered for more than 100 years.

Clara Swan, a graduate of Husson College who later became an educator, administrator, and a longtime successful basketball coach at the school, died in January at the age of 104.

Beth Warren, community service devotee and wife to BDN Publisher Richard J. Warren, died Sept. 17 at the age of 69.

David J. Witham, a longtime hotelier in Bar Harbor whose rivalry with fellow hotelier Thomas Walsh riveted the town's business community for 20 years, died Nov. 25 in Boston from complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 77 years old.

On Friday, the Ellsworth American posted this story on Mainers who died in 2017, some of whom are mentioned above.