RICHARD MANCUSO, 58

Civic activist was named citizen of the year for 2012 in Fort Lauderdale

Richard Mancuso, a civic activist selected to be Fort Lauderdale’s 2012 citizen of the year, died Tuesday. He was 58 and had pancreatic cancer.

Darin Dowe, 42

BSO Lt. Darin Dowe, 42, dies of brain cancer

In a 19-year career as a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy, Lt. Darin Dowe rose through the ranks while earning a reputation as a can-do officer who could handle any assignment.

DEATHS

DCOTA founder Marvin Danto dies at 95

In 1985, Marvin Danto shifted the center of South Florida’s home-furnishings universe from Miami’s Design District to a 44-acre campus in Dania Beach that he called DCOTA: Design Center of the Americas.

Kaye Stevens, 79

Singer/actress Kaye Stevens, who put Margate on the map

Singer/actress Kaye Stevens, a longtime resident and commercial champion of Margate, died Wednesday at The Villages Hospital, north of Orlando. She was 79.

MARK GOLDWEBER, LEADING DANCER WITH JOFFREY, DIES AT 53

Mark Goldweber, who was a leading classical dancer with the Joffrey Ballet in the 1970s and ‘80s and who won wide acclaim as the Blue Skater in Frederick Ashton's ballet “Patineurs,” died Dec. 9 in Salt Lake City. He was 53.

Brother Charles Roggemann, 88

Devoted, witty teacher at Chaminade-Madonna

Brother Charles Roggemann left Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory six years ago. But when a man with gentle wit and a quirky personality teaches three decades’ worth of students, his memory lasts.

obituary

Bill 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. Death was the result of a staph infection that followed back surgery several months ago.

OBITUARY

Radio 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.

BILL AUCOIN, 66

Bill Aucoin | Kiss manager took guys in jeans and makeup to hard-rocking fame

The former TV producer took four guys in jeans and makeup from musical obscurity to acclaim and fortune.