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Couple married for 59 years die in the Surfside condo collapse, family says

Gladys and Anthony Lozano
Gladys and Anthony Lozano Instagram

Gladys and Anthony Lozano were married for 59 years and were described as “beautiful people.”

On Saturday night, the couple were identified by Miami-Dade police as two of the five people who had been pulled from the rubble of the Champlain Towers South condo collapse.

In an Instagram post by Phil Ferro, WSVN 7 ‘s chief meteorologist, he said Gladys was his godmother and Anthony was his uncle.

“They were found today in the rubble of the collapsed condo building in Surfside,” he wrote. “They were such beautiful people. May they Rest In Peace.”

Gladys, 79, and Anthony, 83, lived in apartment 903.

Their son Sergio told Tim Chapman, a former Miami Herald news photographer, that they had died in their sleep.

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This story was originally published June 26, 2021 at 10:50 PM.

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Carli Teproff
Miami Herald
Carli Teproff grew up in Northeast Miami-Dade and graduated from Florida International University in 2003. She became a full-time reporter for the Miami Herald in 2005 and now covers breaking news.
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