Jon Serbin, Miami Beach clothing exec and real estate agent, dies at 75
Jon Serbin would never forget the day golf great Babe Didrikson Zaharius won one of her last Ladies Professional Golf Association titles for the tournament his family founded, the Serbin Open.
View ArticleCowboy Center founder, entertainer and Boston nightclub fire survivor Melisa...
Southfork-styled ranches, like those featured on the prime time TV soap Dallas, are not exactly commonplace in South Florida, least of all on a concrete plot of land in Miami at Northwest 79th Street...
View ArticleEcstasy chemist Shulgin, 88, dies in California
Alexander Shulgin, a respected chemist famed for dusting off a decades-old recipe for the psychedelic drug ecstasy, died Monday at his Northern California home. He was 88.
View ArticleDoc Neeson, frontman for the Angels, dies at 67
Doc Neeson, the charismatic frontman for the seminal Australian rock band the Angels, died from brain cancer on Wednesday. He was 67.
View ArticleWriter Susan Spencer-Wendel dies at 47
Susan Spencer-Wendel, the writer whose best-selling book "Until I Say Goodbye" chronicled her fight to live joyfully as she battled Lou Gehrig's disease, died Wednesday at her home in West Palm Beach,...
View ArticleLast of original group of Navajo Code Talkers dies
The language he once was punished for speaking in school became Chester Nez's primary weapon in World War II.
View ArticleNeff Fence Company founder William Neff dies at 95
William Neff certainly did his share of fence building in South Florida over the years.
View ArticleLongtime baseball fixture Don Zimmer dies at 83
Don Zimmer wasn't a fixture in baseball forever. It just seemed that way.
View ArticleDon Zimmer, who spent 66 years in baseball, dies at 83
Baseball lost one of its great ambassadors Wednesday when Don Zimmer died in Florida at 83.
View ArticleDon Zimmer, legendary baseball manager and coach, dies at 83
Don Zimmer, a wisecracking sage for some of the most iconic teams in baseball history whose association with the sport extended from Babe Ruth to Derek Jeter, died Wednesday in Dunedin, Fla. He was 83.
View ArticleChester Nez, last of WWII's Navajo code talkers, dies at 93
If Chester Nez dared to use his Navajo language in school, punishment was swift and literally distasteful. He had to scrub his tongue with a toothbrush and wash out his mouth with bitter soap.
View ArticleCivil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama dies at 93
Civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama, whose photograph famously appeared in Life magazine showing her cradling the head of Malcom X moments after he was shot, has died of natural causes in her Berkeley...
View ArticleBataan March survivor Elias Saavedra dies at 96
Elias Saavedra, one of the last survivors of the Bataan Death March, died Wednesday. He was 96.
View ArticlePopular former Aventura commissioner Zev Auerbach dies at 57
Kind, caring and unselfish — that is how former Aventura commissioner Zev Auerbach was described by colleagues for a life of civic and philanthropic service.
View ArticleDon Davis, musician, producer and composer, dies
A family spokeswoman says Don Davis, a longtime Detroit musician, producer, composer and business executive, has died at 75.
View ArticleCorrection: Obit-Bill Roy story
In a May 27 obituary for former Kansas Congressman Bill Roy, The Associated Press erroneously reported the cause of death as congenital heart disease. Roy died from congestive heart failure, according...
View ArticleKaren DeCrow, former president of NOW, dies at 76
Celebrated activist and civil rights lawyer Karen DeCrow, who led the National Organization for Women in the 1970s, died Friday at her home near Syracuse. She was 76.
View ArticleFormer Miami Herald chief financial officer Jim Renbarger dies at 81
The pivotal era of the mid-1960s through 1980s proved halcyon days for newspapers.
View ArticleBritish comedian Rik Mayall dies at 56
Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into British comedy, has died. He was 56.
View ArticleFormer Cy Young winner Bob Welch dies at 57
Bob Welch, the 1990 AL Cy Young Award winner with the Oakland Athletics and the last major leaguer to win at least 25 games in a season, has died. He was 57.
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