Virginia “Ginny” Oliver, Maine’s legendary “Lobster Lady,” who spent nearly a century working in the state’s lobster fishing community and built an international fan base that included Star Wars icon Mark Hamill, has died at age 105.
Oliver passed on Wednesday, her close friend and author, Barbara Walsh, who wrote a children’s book about her titled The Lobster Lady in 2023, announced Friday. No cause of death was revealed.
