May 18, 2013
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Icon: Arthur Rutenberg
Founder, Arthur Rutenberg Homes, Clearwater; age 84
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Published on 8/31/2011
Icon: Preston Haskell
Founder and chairman, design-build firm Haskell Co., Jacksonville,, age 72
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Published on 7/11/2011
Icon: Joseph Kittinger
Aviator; holds records for highest parachute jump (102,800 feet from space) and for being the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean alone in a gas balloon; Altamonte Springs; age 82
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Published on 5/31/2011
Icon: The Fanjul Brothers
Alfonso 'Alfy': Chairman/CEO, Florida Crystals; West Palm Beach; age 73, and, Jose 'Pepe': Vice Chairman/COO/president; age 66
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Published on 5/1/2011
Icon: Steve Raymund
Chairman, former CEO, Tech Data; St. Pete Beach; age 55
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Published on 3/1/2011
Icon: Cesar L. Alvarez
Executive chairman, Greenberg Traurig law firm, Miami, age 63
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Published on 2/1/2011
Icon: Juan 'Chi Chi' Rodriguez
Florida Icon Juan 'Chi Chi' Rodriguez Professional golfer, founder of Clearwater's Chi Chi Rodriguez Academy; Paalm Bay; age 75
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Published on 1/1/2011
Icon: Gay Culverhouse
Icon: Gay Culverhouse: founder of Players' Outreach, an organization that assists former NFL players who have brain injuries; president of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1991-1995; northeast Florida; age 63
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Published on 12/1/2010
Icon: Gene Leedy
One of the original architects of the Sarasota School of Architecture movement; Winter Haven; age 82
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Published on 11/1/2010
Icon: William R. Hough
Founder, investment banking firm William R. Hough & Co.; philanthropist; age 83; St. Petersburg
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Published on 10/1/2010
Icon: Peter Prichard
Turtle zoologist, director and founder of the Chelonian Research Institute; Oviedo; age 67
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Published on 9/1/2010
Icon: Ed Price
State Senator 1958-66; past president, Florida Chamber of Commerce; former executive vice president, Tropicana Products; age 92; Bradenton
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Published on 8/1/2010
Icon: David L. Paul
Former chairman, CenTrust Savings Bank, age 71
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Published on 7/1/2010
Icon: Jan Garavaglia
Jan Garavaglia - Chief medical examiner, Orange-Osceola counties — star of Discovery Health's "Dr. G: Medical Examiner," Orlando, age 53
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Published on 6/1/2010
Icon: Claude R. Kirk Jr.
First Republican governor since Reconstruction, 1967-71; Born 1926; Died Sept. 28, 2011 at age 85.
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Published on 5/1/2010
Icon: Don Zimmer
Former baseball player, coach and manager; senior adviser, Tampa Bay Rays; Born 1931; Lives in Seminole, Fla.
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Published on 4/1/2010
Icon: Kenneth H. 'Buddy' MacKay
Governor, 1998-99; lieutenant gov., 1992-98; U.S. congressman, 1983-89; state senator, 1974-80; Born 1933, Lives in Marion County
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Published on 3/1/2010
Icon: Dick Vitale
Basketball coach, broadcaster, born 1939, Lakewood Ranch
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Published on 2/1/2010
