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  • ALEXANDER RUBIN, 101

    Investor valued long-term planning

    Alexander Rubin, a Miami Beach real estate investor whose son, Robert Rubin, was secretary of the treasury in the Clinton administration, died Monday of natural causes at his Belle Isle apartment. He was 101.

  • EMILIA 'EMY' LUZARRAGA DE FERNANDEZ

    Cuban exile aided jailed husband

    Emilia ''Emy'' Luzarraga de Fernandez stayed in Cuba alone through her husband's long political imprisonment in the 1960s and '70s, after making the wrenching decision to send her three children and parents to safety in Miami.

  • REBECCA ROSEN, 88

    Activist aided the homeless and afflicted

    Rebecca Rosen, who lived in Miami for decades, caring for the homeless and others in need, died Thursday in her Boca Raton home. She was 88.

  • JOYCE GALYA, 57

    Raised millions for university

    Although her painful fight with ovarian cancer lasted a full eight years before her death, Joyce Galya still found time to raise millions of dollars for the University of Miami.

  • JOAN M. ROSNER, 89

    Educator brought science to life for kids

    Joan M. Rosner, an environmental educator who, with her late husband Hy, crafted award-winning programs for schools in Miami-Dade County, Albuquerque, N.M., and New York City, died of natural causes Sept. 17, a day shy of her 90th birthday.

  • FRED PETTIJOHN, 91

    Longtime editor a founder of Sun Sentinel

    Fred P. Pettijohn, a Florida newspaperman for 47 years and a founding editor of the Sun Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale, died Wednesday at his Tallahassee home of natural causes -- listening to the baseball playoffs.

  • KIM CHAN, 93

    Had roles in TV, `King of Comedy'

    Kim Chan, an actor who became a familiar face in a variety of Asian roles, notably as Jerry Lewis' butler in the Martin Scorsese film The King of Comedy, a character who did furious battle with an obsessed fan played by Robert De Niro, died on Sunday in Brooklyn.

  • RICHARD STEPHEN HEYSER, 81

    Missile crisis spy pilot

    U-2 spy plane pilot Richard Stephen Heyser, who took the first photos of ballistic missile launch sites during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, has died. He was 81.

  • NICK REYNOLDS, 75

    Icon of late 1950s folk scene

    (AP) -- Nick Reynolds, a founding member of the Kingston Trio who jump-started the revival folk scene of the late 1950s and paved the way for artists such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, has died. He was 75.

  • OSBORN ELLIOTT, 83

    Editor who helped shape Newsweek

    (AP) -- Former Newsweek Editor Osborn Elliott, widely credited with making the magazine competitive with archrival Time magazine, died Sunday at age 83.


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