Obituary

Loved ones gathered at Rogers Park Golf Course to honor the legacy of Jim Dent, who died in May at age 85. He was one of the top Black golfers of his generation.

Dent rose from caddying at Augusta National and the Masters to becoming a successful pro and prodigious hitter. He helped pave the way for African Americans who once were denied access to golf clubs.

The Havana-born Republican was an advocate for immigrants and staunch critic of Fidel Castro’s regime and key to turning the Cuban embargo into law.

Bradford was midway through his first term as a commissioner, representing the western and central parts of Pasco County.

Naples attorney John Passidomo was with his wife, Senate President Kathleen Passadomo, when he fell on a trail and sustained "massive trauma to his head." He was 72 when he died "peacefully" at a Utah hospital.

Tim Dorsey, a former Tampa Tribune reporter-turned-novelist, has died at age 62.

Lawmakers from across the political spectrum remembered Rep. John Lewis as a man who embodied the best of American ideals and a stalwart champion for civil rights.

Lewis began his nearly 60-year career in public service leading sit-ins at segregated lunch counters in the Jim Crow-era South. He went on to serve in Congress for more than three decades.

Don Shula, the steel-jawed son of Hungarian immigrants who rose from tiny Painesville, Ohio, to carve his name in professional football’s record books...

The three-time Grammy-winning icon, whose hits included "Lucille," "Lady" and "The Gambler," died at home in Sandy Springs, Ga., his family said in a statement.

One of the most influential religious figures of the 20th century, he radically changed the face of born-again Christianity from fundamentalism to a more embracing evangelicalism.