Pioneering Maine outdoorsman George Smith dies at 72
He was director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine for nearly two decades and four years ago was diagnosed with ALS.
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After fighting relentlessly for sportsmen as executive director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine for 18 years, George Smith spent much of his time in recent years writing about the outdoors.
George A. Smith, the pioneering Maine outdoorsman who was director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine for nearly two decades and a prolific writer of outdoor activities, travel and legislative issues, died Friday night following a yearslong diagnosis of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 72.