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Kennedy assassination investigator Gaeton Fonzi dies in Manalapan at 76

Gaeton Fonzi, one of the most relentless investigators on the House Select Committee on Assassinations in the late 1970s, whose final report to the panel concluded in 1979 that President John F....

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UK sex comedy director Stanley Long dies at 78

British filmmaker Stanley Long, whose cheap and cheerful soft-core romps saw him dubbed the "king of sexploitation," has died. He was 78.

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Photographer who captured images of Wright dies

Photographer Pedro Guerrero, whose 20-year association with architect Frank Lloyd Wright launched a long fine-arts career that included capturing images of American artists, has died at age of 95.

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Lia Lee, subject of 'The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down', dies

Foua Yang crumpled in tears on the staircase in her south Sacramento home, just feet from the empty hospital bed where her daughter Lia Lee lived most of her life.

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Prominent South Florida lawyer dies

When James O. Nelson was in law school at the University of Miami, he was involved in a car accident and emerged as a hero.

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Terry Ross, longtime Lido Spa Hotel social director, dead at 87

Terry Ross, longtime South Florida performer, who ended her career as the popular social director of the Lido Spa Hotel Resort in South Beach, died Sunday from complications following a stroke. Ross...

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'General Hospital' actor Ingle dies in LA at 84

An actor who for two decades played a scheming patriarch on the daytime drama "General Hospital" has died in Los Angeles. ABC says John Ingle was 84.

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Sister Mary Rose McGeady, who revived Covenant House shelters, dies at 84

Sister Mary Rose McGeady, the Roman Catholic nun who resuscitated Covenant House, the nation’s largest network of shelters for homeless youngsters, in the wake of a sex abuse scandal...

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Former EPA Administrator Russell Train dies

Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Russell Train, a leading American conservationist who helped craft some of the nation's enduring environmental laws, died Monday at age 92.

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NFL Films President Steve Sabol dies at 69

NFL Films President Steve Sabol, half of the father-son team that revolutionized sports broadcasting and mythologized pro football into the country's favorite sport, died Tuesday from brain cancer. He...

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Broward Sheriff’s Office mourns fallen deputy

With black bands on their badges, the Broward Sheriff’s Office community on Thursday mourned the loss of Deputy Christopher Schaub, killed in a motorcycle accident the day before.

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Dorothy Gillespie, internationally recognized sculptor, dies in South Florida

Dorothy Gillespie, whose artwork has adorned public spaces from South Florida to New York City and museums from Israel to Virginia, died Sunday at her home in Coral Springs. She was 92.

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Traffic alert: Roads to close Tuesday for Broward deputy’s funeral

Funeral services for Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputy Christopher Schaub, who was killed in a motorcycle accident last week, will be 11a.m. Tuesday at Calvary Chapel, 2401 W. Cypress Creek Rd.,...

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Florence Eisenberg, jazz aficionado, dies

Wherever jazz musicians played in South Florida, Flo Eisenberg was there to listen.

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Jim Ratican, ‘mayor of the Miami River,’ dies

Miami River manatees have lost their best friend.

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Latin jazz bandleader/promoter José Curbelo dies

José Curbelo, the Latin jazz bandleader, agent and promoter who helped popularize the cha-cha-cha in the United States, and made Tito Puente a star, died Friday of heart failure at Aventura...

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Immigrant embodied American dream

Jose Aurelio Sibila, grandfather of Coral Gables lawyer and Miami Crawls co-founder Estrellita Sibila, died on Sunday. He was 91.

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Hank Kaufman, Miami International Film Festival programmer, dies

Hank Kaufman, a child of the silent film age, shared his passion for cinema with South Florida audiences for nearly two decades as a Miami International Film Festival programmer.

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Cuban music legend Paquito Hechavarría dies

Cuban pianist Paquito Hechavarría, who made music history with his “tumbao’’ rhythm for the Miami Sound Machine, died Thursday night in his Miami Beach...

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Dick Barth, the Miami Heat’s ‘Father Time,’ dies

Dick Barth, the Miami Heat’s official timekeeper for 23 years and a longtime figure in South Florida youth and collegiate basketball, died unexpectedly on Saturday at his home in Kendall.

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