“Go as the way opens,” was the oft-spoken advice of Christopher Hawley Corbett, who lived fully and passed away peacefully in South Portland on June 22, 2021, his 80th birthday, surrounded by loving family, a year and a half after a diagnosis of ALS.
Chris was raised in Montclair, N.J., the third of four children, a proud Eagle Scout, an avid sailor, and a lifetime lover of the outdoors. As a young man, he discovered music, playing trombone in a 17-piece jazz big band, guitar and vocals in a classic 1950’s rock band, and thereafter managing to join every impromptu sing-along or porch jamboree he could find—making music and encouraging merriment around campfires, at jazz bars, and in the living rooms of a wide network of friends. As he saw it, music was a wellspring of joy and togetherness, something meant to be shared.
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In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to The Telling Room, a nonprofit literary arts program for Maine students.
The Telling Room
225 Commercial St., Ste 201
Portland, ME 04101