Bill Aucoin | Kiss manager took guys in jeans and makeup to hard-rocking fame
In a PBS interview last year, Bill Aucoin talked about leaving his behind-the-scenes career in network television to manage one of the most recognizable rock bands in history: Kiss.
View ArticleRadio icon Neil Rogers dies at 68
Before anyone ever heard the term "shock jock," Neil Rogers was ranting and kvetching his way to the top of talk radio in South Florida.
View ArticleMr. Hollywood soothed the grieving, celebrated the holiday
Although he hailed from Jacksonville and grew up in Atlanta, Bill Foster -- funeral-home operator, civic activist and Christmas decorator extraordinaire -- was known as ``Mr. Hollywood.''
View ArticleDr. Andrew Egol constantly faced death working in intensive care
Dr. Andrew Barry Egol ran the Intensive Care unit at Baptist Hospital for two decades, a fitting role for an intense man who specialized in the ethics of end-of-life care.
View ArticleFINAL FAREWELL TO LIVES OF NOTE
Today, we conclude our look back at a few of the inspirational members of the South Florida community who passed away in 2010.<p/> On Page 4B, you'll read about Andrew Barry Egol, a doctor who...
View ArticleProminent landlord built firm from scratch
One of Fort Lauderdale's largest, most prominent landlords, Gerald ``Gerry'' Cooper, has died.<p/> The politically active Cooper was head of Cooper Properties, a company he built from scratch...
View ArticleFuneral service scheduled for Dr. Michelle Ferrari-Gegerson
A funeral service has been scheduled this weekend for Dr. Michelle Ferrari-Gegerson of Parkland, who died after being strangled in an apparent accident involving an electronic massager getting tangled...
View ArticleFormer Herald columnist Claire Mitchel, of the Third Third, dies
For almost a quarter-century, Claire Mitchel provided a voice for the 60-and-older crowd with her column, The Third Third, in The Miami Herald.<p/> Nothing -- not illness, a death in the family...
View ArticleMusician led pops orchestra
Simon ``Sy'' Sugar, the former leader of Sy Sugar's Pops Orchestra and lifelong musician, died Monday at Coral Springs Medical Center.<p/> He was 99.
View ArticleTheater manager for `Boys' premiere
He might not have been a movie star, but he sure felt like one.<p/> As the manager of Fort Lauderdale's Gateway Theater, Keith Hendee played a starring role in one the biggest events to hit Fort...
View ArticleMarty Casey's own account of Keys commando training
Marty Casey, a one-time soldier of fortune who died last week, was a classic storyteller. What follows is an excerpt from a Tropic magazine story from 1976, based mostly on Casey's account.
View ArticleMarty Casey, ex-soldier of fortune, dies
A soldier of fortune in Miami's 1960s heyday of international intrigue, Martin F.X. Casey was a conspirator in a failed plot that became known as ``CBS Invasion.'' He was on a plane that attempted to...
View ArticleFriends recall officer who died unexpectedly
The Davie police officer who died following SWAT team tryouts last week was laid to rest Monday after a ceremony attended by hundreds of colleagues from across the state.
View ArticleRock impresario Don Kirshner dies at 76 in Boca Raton
Don Kirshner, the rock impresario who produced some of the biggest musical hits of the 1960s -- including Connie Francis' iconic ode to Fort Lauderdale and spring break, ``Where the Boys Are'' -- died...
View ArticleFranklin Cushman, 93, dies; was son of pioneering family who loved the outdoors
Frank Cushman spent nearly all of his 93 years on Miami's Upper East Side, hanging on through what his son called ``the terrible years.''<p/> As drugs and crime eroded comfortable neighborhoods...
View ArticleMarcia Zuckerman Lavine dies at 47 from long illness
Services will be held Monday for Marcia Zuckerman Lavine, who died Friday after a long illness. She was 47.<p/> Her husband, Mark Lavine, is an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Miami.
View ArticleSaw daughter's rise in Congress
After she came from Cuba in August 1960, Amanda Ros helped support her penniless family serving desserts to tourists at Miami Beach hotels.<p/> She lived long enough to see her daughter, U.S....
View ArticleHalf of Louvin Brothers duo
(AP) -- When Charlie Louvin paired his voice with his brother Ira's on their first recordings in the late 1940s, they released a sound wave that still ripples through music nearly six decades later.
View ArticleZany comic had motor mouth
Charlie Callas, a rubber-faced comedian who cavorted on television and the nightclub circuit in the 1960s, '70s and '80s, often punctuating punch lines with sound effects emanating from his motor...
View Article5-time Oscar-winner composer John Barry dies at 77
Five-time Oscar-winning composer John Barry, who wrote music for a dozen James Bond films, including "You Only Live Twice" and "Goldfinger" but couldn't persuade a jury that he composed the suave spy's...
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