http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Obituaries 60 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:48:53 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1140321.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1140321.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT As early as first grade, Hugo Manuel Delgado Jr. wanted to go to the moon. He never made it, but as a top NASA engineer -- chief of the Electrical Division of the Engineering Directorate at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center -- he helped send many others into space. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1138958.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1138958.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Milton H. Lehr, who called himself ''a nice Jewish boy from Weehawken, N.J.,'' played reeds in a famous jazz band, earned a doctorate in genetics, produced television and stage shows in Europe and Latin America, became a respected banker and founded the Miami chapter of La Orden Medieval de los Caballeros del Buen Vino: The Medieval Order of Knights of Fine Wine. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1137970.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1137970.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT The protagonist of Rose T. Mantell's first novel is James Canby, a biracial presidential candidate propelled to statewide office by his ``high intellect, perseverance, integrity and good looks.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1136904.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1136904.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Bambilyn Torra was still breathing when firefighters pulled her from a burning single-wide in Pembroke Park on July 1. ''Floor-to-ceiling clutter'' hampered the rescue, they said, and Torra died soon after at Hollywood's Memorial Regional Hospital. Two of her three dogs also died. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1133652.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1133652.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Mark Bisbing, a Miami attorney who specialized in international tax law but spent much of his time working pro bono for Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, died unexpectedly at his home on July 1. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1131875.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1131875.html Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Bernard Goldstein, known as the ''Father of Riverboat Gaming'' and the founder of Isle of Capri Casinos Inc., including the Pompano Park operation in Pompano Beach, died Sunday of complications from chemotherapy treatment for cancer. He was 80. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1130256.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1130256.html Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:55 EDT Robert S. McNamara, the Kennedy-Johnson-era defense secretary, will be most remembered as a man instrumental in sending hundreds of thousands of Americans to fight in Vietnam, and who was haunted by his decision for the rest of his life. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1130227.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1130227.html Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Bishop Isaiah Simmeon Williams Jr., founder and senior pastor of Jesus People Ministries Church International, was the spiritual leader of an 8,000-member multi-ethnic, interdenominational Miami Gardens congregation, a popular radio/television preacher, a police chaplain and an advocate for the disadvantaged. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1128802.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1128802.html Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT (AP) -- Bela Kiraly, one of the military leaders of Hungary's short-lived anti-Soviet revolution in 1956, has died, the Hungarian government said. He was 97. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1128797.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1128797.html Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT For two decades, his name was tattooed on hundreds of New York City's subway trains in loopy, colorful strokes. ''Iz the Wiz'' announced himself in huge bubble letters that sometimes took up the entire side of a subway car. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1123797.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1123797.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:20 EDT Fayette Pinkney, an original member of the Three Degrees who lent her strong, soulful voice to the 1970s hits When Will I See You Again? and TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia), the theme song of the television show Soul Train, died Saturday in Lansdale, Pa. She was 61. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1123795.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1123795.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Karl Malden, an Academy Award-winning actor who excelled in plainspoken, working-class roles, including the awkward Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire and a brave priest in On the Waterfront, died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. No cause of death was immediately disclosed. He was 97. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1123794.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1123794.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT He followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. At home, he recently became a father himself, to a daughter now 7 months old. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1122000.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1122000.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Charles Elisha ''Andy'' Taylor III, a longtime journalist who specialized in space-shots and snakes, inmates and athletes -- then transitioned to a life of good works in the Episcopalian Church, died Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1118694.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1118694.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT (AP) -- Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show, has died at age 87. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1118693.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1118693.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1117526.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1117526.html Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT When Anthony William Palmore Sr. became the first postmaster of Richmond Heights in 1951, he also became the first black postmaster in Miami-Dade County. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1117528.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1117528.html Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT George K. Fraenkel, one of the first chemists to use electronic techniques to explore the fundamental structure of molecules, a breakthrough that has led to advances in several fields of science, died in Manhattan on June 10. He was 87 and lived in Manhattan. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1140321.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1140321.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT As early as first grade, Hugo Manuel Delgado Jr. wanted to go to the moon. He never made it, but as a top NASA engineer -- chief of the Electrical Division of the Engineering Directorate at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center -- he helped send many others into space. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1138958.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1138958.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Milton H. Lehr, who called himself ''a nice Jewish boy from Weehawken, N.J.,'' played reeds in a famous jazz band, earned a doctorate in genetics, produced television and stage shows in Europe and Latin America, became a respected banker and founded the Miami chapter of La Orden Medieval de los Caballeros del Buen Vino: The Medieval Order of Knights of Fine Wine. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1137970.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1137970.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT The protagonist of Rose T. Mantell's first novel is James Canby, a biracial presidential candidate propelled to statewide office by his ``high intellect, perseverance, integrity and good looks.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1136904.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1136904.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Bambilyn Torra was still breathing when firefighters pulled her from a burning single-wide in Pembroke Park on July 1. ''Floor-to-ceiling clutter'' hampered the rescue, they said, and Torra died soon after at Hollywood's Memorial Regional Hospital. Two of her three dogs also died. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1133652.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1133652.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Mark Bisbing, a Miami attorney who specialized in international tax law but spent much of his time working pro bono for Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, died unexpectedly at his home on July 1. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1130227.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1130227.html Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Bishop Isaiah Simmeon Williams Jr., founder and senior pastor of Jesus People Ministries Church International, was the spiritual leader of an 8,000-member multi-ethnic, interdenominational Miami Gardens congregation, a popular radio/television preacher, a police chaplain and an advocate for the disadvantaged. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1122000.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1122000.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Charles Elisha ''Andy'' Taylor III, a longtime journalist who specialized in space-shots and snakes, inmates and athletes -- then transitioned to a life of good works in the Episcopalian Church, died Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1117526.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1117526.html Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT When Anthony William Palmore Sr. became the first postmaster of Richmond Heights in 1951, he also became the first black postmaster in Miami-Dade County. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1110995.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1110995.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Clyde W. Judson Jr., a Miami-Dade architect, urban planner and pastor, collapsed Monday during a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off his latest project, a community center at North Miami's Kiwanis Park. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1109334.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1109334.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Dr. Lynn Paul Carmichael, who established the country's first family-medicine residency program at the University of Miami's medical school in the 1960s and was widely considered ''the father of family medicine,'' died Friday in Arizona. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1102324.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/1102324.html Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Within moments after his former students learned that MAST Academy teacher John Ruppel died unexpectedly on Tuesday, they launched a Facebook page called ``Mr. Ruppel Touched My Life.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/broward/story/1131875.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/broward/story/1131875.html Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Bernard Goldstein, known as the ''Father of Riverboat Gaming'' and the founder of Isle of Capri Casinos Inc., including the Pompano Park operation in Pompano Beach, died Sunday of complications from chemotherapy treatment for cancer. He was 80. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/broward/story/1123794.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/broward/story/1123794.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT He followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. At home, he recently became a father himself, to a daughter now 7 months old. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/broward/story/1091638.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/broward/story/1091638.html Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Daniel M. Fasano, who helped create a new artificial reef off Deerfield Beach with the sinking of the Miss Lourdies freighter in the Atlantic Ocean on June 6, died just three days later of complications from leukemia. He was 47.