Buddy MacKay, a Democrat who briefly served as Florida’s governor, dead at 91
Former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay, who lost to Jeb Bush in 1998 but still served...
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Dick Capri, Catskills comic who took his shtick to Broadway, dies in Boca at 93
Dick Capri, an Italian American who built his long comedy career at the summer resorts...
Harry Chandler, Navy medic who survived Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 103
Harry Chandler, a Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of...
Wayne Osmond, singer and guitarist for The Osmonds, is dead at 73
Wayne Osmond was the fourth oldest of nine children raised in a Mormon household in...
Randy Perkins, AshBritt disaster relief founder, dies at 60
Randal "Randy" Perkins, the founder of a nationally recognized South Florida disaster relief company, has...
Without Florida, Jimmy Carter might never have become president
Jimmy Carter's victory in the Florida primary in 1976 helped propel him to the presidency....
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter dies at 100
Carter, who lived longer than any other U.S. president, entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia in February 2023 after a...
Robert Parks, who served for decades as a Broward School Board member, dies at 79
Robert Parks, a longtime educator and one of the longest-serving Broward School Board members, with...
Nikki Giovanni, poet who wrote of Black Joy, dies at 81
Nikki Giovanni, the charismatic and iconoclastic poet, activist, children’s book author and professor who wrote,...
Chuck Woolery, smooth-talking game show host of ‘Love Connection’ and ‘Scrabble,’ dies at 83
Woolery, with his matinee idol looks, coiffed hair and ease with witty banter, was inducted...