DEATHS

Frank Natoli, WWII veteran and longtime Herald business executive, dies after struggle with Alzheimer’s

Nearly three decades after Frank Natoli left his job as a business executive with the Miami Herald, crowds still cheered when they heard his name. He was that popular, said son Joe Natoli.

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Miami-Dade County Judge Robert M. Deehl, 87, dies

Senior Judge Robert Marion Deehl had a reputation among the lawyers who appeared in his court as being both tough and kind.

Former Miami-Dade Judge Robert Deehl dead at 87

Former Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Robert Deehl, who served for 50 years in various South Florida courts, died on Friday in North Carolina, two days short of his 88th birthday.

Gerard A. Kaiser, 80

Jackson ‘legend’ pioneered kids’ heart surgeries

Dr. Gerard A. Kaiser, a Jackson Memorial Hospital surgeon who pioneered heart surgeries for young children, died Friday morning at the hospital he’d helped lead for almost 40 years. He was 80 years old.

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Albert Azaria, father of actor Hank Azaria, dies in Miami

Albert Azaria made up goofy names for his kids.

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Ed Mashal, classic rock recording engineer, dies of heart attack

Edward Mashal was a recording engineer who worked on some of rock’s classic albums at studios in Miami, including the Eagles’ 1977 “Record of the Year’’ Grammy winner, “Hotel California.“

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Holly Skolnick, prominent Greenberg Traurig attorney, dies

During a quarter-century at the prestigious Miami-based law firm Greenberg Traurig, attorney Holly R. Skolnick defended high-profile white-collar defendants accused of money laundering, racketeering and securities fraud, but her heart was with the abused and exploited who couldn’t afford a lawyer.

DEATHS

A. Lionel Bosem, pre-boom South Beach hotelier, dies of MS

A. Lionel Bosem was studying architecture at the University of Florida in the 1950s when his father died, so he came home to Miami Beach and took over the family’s hotels.

DEATHS | JOSEPH UNANUE, 88

Joseph Unanue, 88, patriarch of Goya Foods, dies

When Joseph Unanue began to formally work at Goya Foods in 1952, the family business was a regional enterprise.

Les Beilinson, South Beach architect/preservationist, dies after surgery

A lifelong Miami Beach resident, Les Beilinson saved landmarks and took on some quirky jobs elsewhere. He died Friday.

DEATHS

Melba Manero, six-term Surfside commissioner, dies

Melba Ines Manero served six terms as a Surfside commissioner, often running unopposed.

Paul Soule, 75

South Florida retirement planner killed in plane crash

A South Florida businessman and experienced pilot died over the weekend when his Cessna crashed in the Everglades.

South Beach drag queen Wanda, aka Anthony Jerome Lee, killed in Tampa

Anthony Jerome Lee, fatally shot Tuesday in East Tampa, was better known in Miami Beach as “Wanda,” a balloon-breasted drag queen famous for her Whitney Houston impersonations and penchant for being, well, a bit of a jerk.

Bella Rodriguez-Torres, 2002-2013

Bella Rodriguez-Torres, 10 year old, succumbs to cancer

Services will be Friday for the 10-year-old who spent more than half her life battling cancer.

DEATHS | Robert Knight Jr., 85

Robert J. Knight Jr., expert on tropical fruits, dies

Robert Knight Jr. — Bob to his friends and family — spent a lifetime bringing tropical fruits to Florida, and trying to improve the taste of each one.

DEATHS | CAPT. MIKE BURKE, 89

Capt. Mike Burke, Windjammer founder, dies at 89

Capt. Michael Burke sailed through life with his unending spirit and romantic outlook, touching the lives of many with his cruise empire, Windjammer Barefoot Cruises.

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WIOD host, Miami News writer Billie O’Day dies

Billie Corinne Womack was an original from the day she was born — Oct. 1, 1919 — in Little Rock, Ark.

Dr. Cleide Suguihara, JMH neonatologist, dies

Dr. Cleide Suguihara, who helped save thousands of tiny lives in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital, lost her own on Thursday to complications of breast cancer.

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Carl Lewis, teacher and Overtown barbecue manager, dies

At Hialeah Senior High School, Carl Avery Lewis was known as a veteran biology teacher.