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Obituaries

  • ISAAC STARKMAN, 70

    Famous deli was his pride and joy

    At 70, Isaac ''Ike'' Starkman could be found every morning at his special table with his signature mug eating breakfast at his ''baby:'' Jerry's Famous Deli on South Beach.

  • WILLIAM LUCIEN ‘BILLY' KEEN JR., 51

    Co-founder of Lulu's restaurant

    William Lucien ''Billy'' Keen Jr., who launched the popular Southern-themed restaurant Lulu's on South Beach at the dawn of the area's rebirth -- a fun-loving party planner who threw spectacular Halloween benefits, sold real estate and believed that banana pudding could cure any bad mood -- has died at 51.

  • BERNICE BRUCIE BALL, 57

    Dade school district special-ed director

    Bernice Brucie Ball, the Miami-Dade school district's special-education administrator known universally by her middle name, wanted colleagues to embrace her guiding principle, so she put it on buttons: a red circle with a diagonal line through the word "whining."

  • MARCUS PREUDHOMME, 23

    S. Florida Marine in Iraq attack

    A North Miami Beach Marine was among 20 killed in a suicide bombing in Al Anbar province, Iraq, officials said Saturday. Cpl. Marcus Preudhomme, 23, along with 1two other Marines, was killed Thursday when a suicide bomber reportedly dressed in a police uniform detonated an explosive belt during a meeting of tribal sheiks opposed to al Qaeda in Iraq. A suspect has been arrested, but officials said, it's unclear whether he was directly involved in planning the attack.

  • PEDRO DIAZ LANZ, 81

    Flew guns to Castro, but soon fought him

    Pedro Díaz Lanz, a Cuban pilot who helped supply weapons to Fidel Castro in the Sierra Maestra mountains and then became the first chief of the Revolutionary Air Force before breaking with the Cuban leader, died in Miami Thursday night of a self-inflicted bullet wound to the chest, relatives and friends said. He was 81.

  • WILLIAM A. MOSS JR., 89

    Music teacher, cancer volunteer

    William A. Moss, Jr., a multi-instrumentalist who taught music in South Florida for nearly 50 years -- even after losing his larynx to cancer -- died June 24 in hospice care at his Westchester home. He was 89. . Photo Gallery Available

  • HARRY H. TROEGER, 92

    Nature lover lived like a pioneer

    For half a century, Harry H. Troeger lived a nearly invisible life in his hand-hewn coral rock house, eschewing even the most basic conveniences like plumbing and electricity.

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  • BABETTE KULKA, 65

    Triathlete, in training, suffered heart failure

    Babette Kulka conquered most of her fears by the time she was 65. She swam countless miles in the ocean, pedaled on treacherous trails and ran across a finish line with a broken ankle.

  • MICHAEL McQUADE, 36

    Respected Margate officer

    Michael McQuade was a Margate police officer and former Marine who had focus and determination -- and a soft spot for his pint-size Yorkie, Bella.

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Obituaries

  • MICHAEL TURNER, 37

    Artist created sexy superheroines

    Michael Turner, a popular comic-book artist who came to fame in the mid-1990s and was best known for creating two sexy female lead characters, Witchblade and Fathom, died on June 27 in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 37.

  • ERIC LIEBER, 71

    Producer of dating show `Love Connection'

    Eric Lieber, a veteran television producer who created and was the executive producer of TV's long-running dating show Love Connection, has died. He was 71.

  • SIMONE ORTEGA, 89

    Spanish chef, writer

    (AP) -- Spanish chef and cooking writer Simone Ortega has died at 89, a publishing company reported. Alianza Editorial said Ortega died Wednesday at a nursing home in Madrid, but it did not know the cause of her death.

  • LARRY HARMON, 83

    Amused kids as Bozo the Clown

    Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83.

  • CLAY FELKER, 82

    Editor founded New York magazine

    Clay Felker, who revolutionized the magazine genre as founding editor of New York, bringing readers a smart, sassy mix of gossip and news that was replicated relentlessly across the country, died Tuesday. He was 82.

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