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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. 1223264824
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. 1223264824
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.
SELMAN LEWIS, 60

Miami Carnival founder helped spread Caribbean culture

Selman Lewis, the bandleader of Caribbean culture who transformed Miami's gritty streets into an annual bacchanal of pageantry and island beats, died Monday after suffering a heart attack. He was 60.
JOE O. EATON, 88

Judge integrated public schools

Former federal and state Judge Joe O. Eaton, a civil rights advocate and respected jurist, has died at age 88.
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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.
DOUG DELP, 63

A tough-talking man and caring journalist

Doug Delp, a longtime war horse of a journalist, died Tuesday of complications following abdominal surgery. Delp, 63, was assistant managing editor of Bankrate.com, the online operation that styles itself as ``the Web's leading aggregator of financial rate information.''

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.
From Fast Eddie to fast cars, Paul Newman personified cool

If the word ''cool'' hadn't already existed, it would had to have been invented for Paul Newman, who died Friday at age 83 after a long battle with lung cancer.
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MARIAN MCQUADE, 91

Pushed special day for seniors

(AP) -- Marian McQuade, who persuaded governors, Congress and then-President Jimmy Carter to set aside a special day to honor grandparents, has died. She was 91.

From Fast Eddie to fast cars, Paul Newman personified cool

If the word ''cool'' hadn't already existed, it would had to have been invented for Paul Newman, who died F...
MIROSLAV HAVEL, 86

Czech master helped revive Waterford glass

Miroslav Havel, a glass blower, cutter, engraver, designer, polisher and sculptor who was one of a pair of ...
JOEL N. BLOOM, 83

Ran Philadelphia science museum

Joel N. Bloom, who in his 21 years as director of the science museum and planetarium at the Franklin Instit...
THOMAS DOERFLEIN, 44

Raised polar bear Knut from a cub

The zookeeper who gained fame for hand-rearing the beloved polar bear Knut was found dead in his Berlin apa...
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