MiamiHerald.com: Obituaries - Broward

Roy Vrchota of Deerfield Beach, owned towing and trucking companies

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:23 EST

Roy Vrchota, a towing and trucking company owner, died Jan. 31 at a Deerfield Beach retirement home. He was 91.

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

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:10 EST

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.

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

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:02 EST

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.

DCOTA founder Marvin Danto dies at 95

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:18 EST

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.

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

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:07 EST

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

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:52 EST

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.

Devoted, witty teacher at Chaminade-Madonna

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:44 EST

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.

Bill Greer, former Palm Beach Post, Miami Herald editor, dies at 65

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:18 EDT

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.

Radio icon Neil Rogers dies at 68

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 13:38 EST

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

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:00 EDT

In a PBS interview last year, Bill Aucoin talked about leaving his behind-the-scenes career in network television to manage one of the most recognizable rock bands in history: Kiss.