Robert Everett achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel and a was awarded a bronze medal in the US military during an era otherwise marred by social change and an African American struggle for equality. The native Floridian passed away quietly on Nov. 10 from complications related to pulmonary disease.
For nearly 30 years, J.B. Spence and Roland W. “Buddy” Payne constituted a formidable legal team that won scores of multimillion-dollar verdicts for victims of corporate negligence and medical malpractice.
Andrea F. Rosenblatt filled her home with books, and spent most of her life sharing her love of reading with Miami-Dade County students.
For 16 years, Jack Block led the city of South Miami, helping to develop the city’s master plan, creating an afterschool program for children and developing the South Miami Homeowners’ Association.
From The Beatles to James Brown, Grant Gravitt worked with them all.
When Judy Cafiero played the piano, it sang.
A viewing is scheduled for Friday night for former Hialeah Senior High School Principal Lorenzo Ladaga.
Maria Fariñas Rodriguez, matriarch of a Cuban family whose members fought in the Escambray Mountains during the revolution and were later thrown in prison for delivering guns to guerrillas opposed to Fidel Castro’s government, died in Ohio on Monday. She was 95.
Marian Harris Shannon devoted 40 of her 91 years to teaching students at her alma mater: Miami’s Booker T. Washington Senior High School, where she was instantly recognizable by the gardenia in her curly hair.
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.
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.
J. Wallace Tutt III, a South Florida interior designer and developer whose elegant, understated style attracted a celebrity clientele that included Cher, Gianna Versace, and Robert De Niro, died Saturday morning in the Bahamas.
Dr. Robert ``Bob'' Wolf, a man who always asked ``What can I do for you?'' died of cardiac arrest at his North Miami-Dade home Saturday, his family said. He was 77.
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