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....
View ArticleUK 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.
View ArticlePhotographer 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.
View ArticleLia 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.
View ArticleProminent 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.
View ArticleTerry 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...
View Article'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.
View ArticleSister 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...
View ArticleFormer 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.
View ArticleNFL 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...
View ArticleBroward 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.
View ArticleDorothy 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.
View ArticleTraffic alert: Roads to close Tuesday for Broward deputys 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.,...
View ArticleFlorence Eisenberg, jazz aficionado, dies
Wherever jazz musicians played in South Florida, Flo Eisenberg was there to listen.
View ArticleJim Ratican, mayor of the Miami River, dies
Miami River manatees have lost their best friend.
View ArticleLatin 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...
View ArticleImmigrant embodied American dream
Jose Aurelio Sibila, grandfather of Coral Gables lawyer and Miami Crawls co-founder Estrellita Sibila, died on Sunday. He was 91.
View ArticleHank 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.
View ArticleCuban 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...
View ArticleDick 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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