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Enrique Fernandez, a national ‘authority on Hispanic culture,’ dead at 75

Enrique Fernandez — a former features writer and top editor at the Miami Herald — died in hospice late Saturday. He was 75.

Archdiocese of Miami’s Tomás Marín died Friday, Dec. 28, 2018.

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‘Doctor of souls,’ Msgr. Tomás Marín of St. Augustine Church, dies at 62

Archdiocese of Miami’s Tomás Marín — a priest, doctor and canon lawyer — died Friday. He was 62.

Irving Karp stands with the the Miami Maniac, the University of Miami baseball team’s mascot.

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He founded a fruit company and helped revive UM basketball. Irving Karp has died at 94

Obituary: Produce businessman and University of Miami donor Irving Karp has died at age 94. His son is Miami-Dade School Board member Martin Karp.

Carlos Planas at his Tamiami Chrysler-Jeep dealership in 2008.

Carlos Planas, who owned Tamiami Chrysler-Jeep, one of the most successful Hispanic-owned dealerships in the U.S.., died in Miami. He donated to South Florida organizations including Jackson Memorial Hospital.

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Sonja Zuckerman, a world-class warrior against diabetes, dies at 99

Diabetes lost one of its most powerful enemies when Bal Harbour’s Sonja Zuckerman, who raised more than $50 million to combat the disease over the past five decades, died at the age of 99.

Penny Stamps was co-founder and president of the Stamps Charitable Family Foundation.

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She loved animals, art and helping students reach their dreams. Penny Stamps dies at 74.

Philanthropist, art and animal lover Penelope “Penny” Stamps died Thursday in Coconut Grove. She and husband Roe helped students at University of Miami and University of Michigan through scholarships.

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Law partner and former councilwoman Gail Serota dies in snorkeling accident

Gail Serota, a partner at the law firm Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, former councilwoman for the Village of Pinecrest and president of the Sisterhood at the Bet Shira Synagogue, died Sunday in a snorkeling accident in Biscayne Bay.

Miami Beach

Jorge Exposito, former Miami Beach commissioner, dies at 63

Miami Beach commissioner Jorge Exposito passed away on Friday after battling lymphoma. He was 63. He was known for his devotion to public service and his love of Cuban cooking. He served from 2009 to 2013.

Singer/actress Paula Wayne starred on Broadway, television and headlined nightclubs. She was a teacher at New World School of the Arts in Miami. She died at 84 on Nov. 9, 2018.

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Paula Wayne, Broadway star who went on to teach Tony winners at New World, dies at 84

The New World School teacher and mentor Paula Wayne died Nov. 9 at her Aventura home at 84 after battling pancreatic cancer.

Gene Miller, center, with Freddie Pitts, left and Wilbert Lee, right, who were death-row inmates when Miller, a reporter with the Miami Herald, helped free them in 1975. This won Miller his second Pulitzer Prize in 1976.

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He spent 12 years on Death Row for murders he didn’t commit. Wilbert Lee dies at 83

Wilbert Lee and Freddie Pitts were wrongfully sent to Florida’s Death Row for the murders of two white men. Miami Herald reporter Gene Miller’s Pulitzer-winning work proved their innocence. Lee has died at 83.

Coral Springs Mayor Walter “Skip” Campbell died Tuesday. He was 69.

Broward County

Coral Springs mayor and former state senator Walter ‘Skip’ Campbell dies

Walter “Skip” Campbell, a prominent Broward County trial lawyer who served a decade as a Democrat in the Florida Senate and for the past four years was mayor of Coral Springs, died Tuesday. He was 69.

In this 2007 Miami Herald file photo, Florida Speaker of the House, Marco Rubio was among those in attendance at a memorial service for Sherdavia Jenkins at New Mariah Baptist Church in Liberty City. Sherdavia Jenkins was killed a year ago by gun violence in Liberty City. He sat with the family,Sherrone,David,Catherine and David Jr.

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Sherrone Jenkins, whose daughter Sherdavia was killed by a stray bullet, dies at 49

Sherrone Jenkins has died after a battle with cancer. The death of her 9-year-old daughter Sherdavia, who was killed by a stray bullet in Liberty City in 2006, focused attention on Miami’s gun violence issue.

Florida Keys

‘Monkey Tom,’ who chose poverty over selling his art commercially, has died at 76

Key West lost one of its brightest characters as “Monkey” Tom Forshier dies

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Child advocate Rosa Maria Plasencia dies unexpectedly

Rosa Maria Plasencia, president and CEO of the nonprofit Amigos for Kids, died in Miami at age 59 after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday.

Miami-Dade County

‘Her mission must live on.’ Child advocate Rosa Maria Plasencia dies at 59.

Child advocate Rosa Maria Plasencia, president and CEO of the nonprofit Amigos for Kids died unexpectedly Tuesday, Oct. 8. She is remembered for her work to end child abuse and neglect in Miami-Dade County.

Real estate magnate Jay Kislak and his foundation donated thousands of priceless items to the University of Miami and Miami Dade College and The Library of Congress.

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Jay Kislak, patriarch of real estate company, historian and philanthropist, dies at 96

Jay Kislak, patriarch of the real estate company The Kislak Organization, and a philanthropist who donated priceless artifacts to the Library of Congress, University of Miami and Miami Dade College, died at 96.

Roberta Shevin, the former executive director at MCCJ, leads a discussion on cross-cultural tolerance during a 2012 session of the MetroTown summer camp at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens. The six-day camp provides teens with anti-prejudice training, as well as lessons on civic engagement and conflict resolution.

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Roberta Shevin, a pillar of Miami’s faith community who fought prejudice, dies at 75

Roberta Shevin, the former executive director of MCCJ — formerly known as the Miami Coalition of Christians and Jews — died Monday at 75. She was a champion of cultural and religious diversity.

David Wolkowsky sits inside his open-spaced home filled with his personal artwork and vegetation in Key West, Florida, on land that he inherited from a dear friend.

Florida Keys

David Wolkowsky, known as ‘Mr. Key West,’ dies at 99

Key West’s David Wolkowsky helped shape the island through renovation and restoration of the city’s downtown. His work ushered in the tourism and historic preservation that define the island.

Iris Acker, standing outside ArtServe for a Carbonell Awards reception, received the Howard Kleinberg Award in 2015.

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Actress, TV host Iris Acker, South Florida’s ‘Golden Girl’ of the arts, dies at 88

Iris Acker, a stage, TV and film actress, died at 88. She hosted South Florida arts programs, including “On Stage With Iris Acker.” She was a regional theater Carbonell Awards judge.

Dan Bowden at Ransom Everglades in the 1970s. He inspired generations of students.

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Dan Bowden, Ransom Everglades teacher who inspired generations of students, dies at 89

Dan Leslie Bowden, who taught English at Ransom Everglades in Coconut Grove since 1955, and who was famed for his readings of Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory” throughout Miami-Dade for decades, died at 89.

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