Al Schwimmer, who led Israeli aerospace industry, dies at 94
Al Schwimmer, a former aircraft engineer who smuggled American planes to Israel for its 1948 war of independence, founded its aerospace industry and later became a figure in the Iran-Contra affair,...
View ArticleEmmy-winning TV producer Bob Banner dies at 89
Television producer and director Bob Banner, whose credits included the Dinah Shore, Garry Moore and Carol Burnett variety shows as well as the TV movies "The Darker Side of Terror," "My Sweet Charlie"...
View ArticleNY doc who treated celebs and correspondents dies
Dr. Donald Brandon, a World War II combat veteran and longtime Manhattan internist whose patients included Marlon Brando, Tennessee Williams and a long line of foreign correspondents, has died at age 84.
View ArticleLynne Nierenberg, taught at Miami-Dade elementary schools, dies
When those who miss her gather on Sunday to remember Lynne Nierenberg, the focus is sure to be on the generation of students she nurtured in the Miami-Dade schools.
View ArticleBanner, Emmy Award-winning TV producer, director, dies at 89
Bob Banner, an Emmy Award-winning television producer and director whose credits included "The Garry Moore Show," "Candid Camera" and "Solid Gold" and who gave a career boost to a young Carol Burnett...
View ArticleJim Rodnunsky, developer of Cablecam camera used in sporting events,...
Filmmaker Jim Rodnunsky took a backward (and face-down) approach to developing Cablecam, among the most revolutionary innovations in the history of sports broadcasting.
View ArticleIgnazio Vella, 'godfather of artisanal cheese,' dies at 82
As the elder statesman of artisanal cheeses, Ignazio "Ig" Vella gave pointed advice to those who wanted to follow him into the handmade cheese business: "Don't be stupid."
View ArticleItzhak Goldenholz, ritual leader of Hollywood’s Temple Sinai, dies at 94
Rabbi Itzhak Meir Goldenholz, ritual leader emeritus of Hollywood’s Temple Sinai, was a gentle soul who devoted the last 30 years of his life to sharing his love of Judaism with young...
View ArticleBill Greer, former Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post editor, dies at 65
Bill Greer, a veteran editor who held several top posts at The Miami Herald before joining the Palm Beach Post staff in 1995, was a gracious Southern gentleman with a perpetual twinkle in his eye.
View ArticleBill Greer, former Palm Beach Post, Miami Herald editor, dies at 65
Bill Greer, the former assistant managing editor for projects at the Palm Beach Post, as well as a longtime editor for The Miami Herald, died Saturday at the age of 65.<p/> Death was the result...
View ArticleMarine killed in Afghanistan to be buried Friday
Memorial events for U.S. Marine Sgt. Marlon E. Myrie of Oakland Park begin with a public viewing 5-9 p.m. Thursday at Forest Lawn North, 200 W. Copans Rd., Pompano Beach.
View ArticleEx-Miami police chief, Barney Garmire, dies
Bernard L. Garmire, who tried to introduce community policing to the Miami Police Department during a rocky, five-year tenure as chief in the 1960s and ’70s, died July 8 in Phoenix.
View ArticleCoconut Grove landscaper “Reb’’ Best dies
“Reb’’ could make anything grow.
View ArticleElva Anne Pacheco, 1933-2011, performer, restaurateur, jeweler
The story goes that when Elva Anne Sweeney auditioned for Lou Walters’ legendary Latin Quarter nightclubs, one look was all it took. He hired her on the spot, along with her look-alike best...
View ArticleJudge John D. Johnson, civil rights leader, dies
In segregated Miami, the civil rights crusader offered justice to fellow black citizens.
View ArticleCheerleading coach was beloved by students
Yvonne Gordon always knew her son was popular, but “I didn’t know he touched so many lives,” she said.
View ArticleNurse cared for patients in career spanning over four decades
Donna McKnight Loudis, a nurse who cared for hundreds of Miami-Dade patients at Mount Sinai Medical Center and local nursing homes while raising her six children, died Friday of complications from a...
View ArticleBeach hotelier Fred Atlas dies
During the 1950s, Miami Beach was a stop-over for celebrities and gangsters en route to or returning from the high-roller casinos in Havana.
View ArticleEdwin Nielsen, Bacardi executive, dies at 93
Former Bacardi executive Edwin Nielsen changed the company’s identity forever by pushing expansion into products other than rum.
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