April 18, 2024
Florida Icon
Icon: Doug Williams
Retired NFL quarterback (1978-1989), Super Bowl XXII MVP; former head coach at Grambling State University; personnel executive for Tampa Bay Buccaneers, age 53
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Published on 1/1/2009
Icon: Bob Butterworth
Florida attorney general, 1987-2002; Florida Dept. of Children and Families secretary, 2007-Aug. 2008; age 66.
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Published on 12/1/2008
Icon: Fred Schultz
Banker; philanthropist; Speaker, Florida House of Representatives, 1969-70; vice chairman, Federal Reserve Board, 1978-82; died Nov. 23, 2009, age 80.
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Published on 11/1/2008
Icon: Eugene Patterson
Former editor of the Atlanta-Journal Constitution and St. Petersburg Times, author, age 85.
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Published on 10/1/2008
Icon: Harris Mullen
Harris Mullen founded Florida Trend in 1958 and ran it for 22 years before selling it to the St. Petersburg Times.
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Published on 9/1/2008
Icon: Bill Haast
Snake handler, venom researcher. Haast died June 15, 2011 at age 100.
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Published on 8/1/2008
Icon: Marion P. Hammer
Past president of National Rifle Association, 1995 to 1998; executive director of Unified Sportsman of Florida; certified firearms instructor, age 69
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Published on 7/1/2008
Icon video: Joseph Hatchett
Listen to Amy Keller's interview with Icon Joseph Hatchett. The former state Supreme Court justice talks about the challenges and successes of growing up in a segregated Florida.
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Published on 5/1/2008
Icon: Joseph Woodrow Hatchett
Former Florida Supreme Court justice; chief judge 11th Circuit of Appeals; judge 5th Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. magistrate; civil rights lawyer, current chairman of Akerman Senterfitt appellate practice group, age 76.
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Published on 5/1/2008
Icon: Talbot 'Sandy' D'Alemberte
Special council, Hunton & Williams; Florida House of Representatives, 1966-72; Florida State law school dean, 1984-89; president American Bar Association, 1991-92; president FSU, 1994-2003; age 74.
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Published on 3/1/2008
Icon: John Walsh
Crime fighter, TV host of America's Most Wanted, 62
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Published on 2/1/2008
Icon: James Robert Cade
Physician, Gatorade Inventor. Cade died Nov. 27 at age 80.
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Published on 1/1/2008
Icon: Gus Stavros
Businessman, philanthropist, Florida Board of Governors member, 82
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Published on 11/1/2007
Icon: Betty Castor
Former education commissioner, University of South Florida president, lawmaker, teacher and current executive director of USF's Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions, age 66.
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Published on 10/1/2007
Icon: George Steinbrenner
Business man, owner, New York Yankees, 77
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Published on 8/1/2007
Icon: Ferdie Pacheco
Physician, "Fight Doctor" to Muhammad Ali, sports broadcaster, writer, artist, 79
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Published on 7/1/2007
Icon: Vic Dunaway
Outdoors writer and book author, founding editor, Florida Sportsman magazine, 79.
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Published on 6/1/2007
Icon: George Smathers
Born: Nov. 14, 1913; Died: Jan. 20, 2007 -- U.S. senator from Florida, 1951-1969
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Published on 5/1/2007
Icon: Phyllis Apple
"I was chairwoman of this and president of that, the PTA. I worked for the Charlotte Observer. I did a column there. I did a lot of substitute teaching. That was in North Carolina."
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Published on 4/1/2007
Icon: Nick Bollettieri
A coach has to be a jack of all trades. Teaching the game of tennis is basically easy, but successful coaches do much more than just teach the game.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Icon: Harris Rosen
The reason I'm in it is because when we do a good job -- and we do that fortunately fairly often -- it's so nice to hear people tell you how much they enjoyed their stay.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Icon: Max Mayfield
I've been here 34 years. I like that Forrest Gump story when he was running across the country and people were waiting for him to say something and he just said, "I'm tired, and I think I'll go home now."
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Published on 12/1/2006
