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  "Nothing but Guts": RIP Lindell Trocard, Blue Note Records Expert and Miami Music Guide

  June 21 at 9:39 a.m.

  Tastemaker and beloved local music scene member Lindell Trocard passed away last fall.

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  Remembering Chris Cornell, Grunge Pioneer and Honorary Miamian

  May 18 at 11:16 a.m.

  I was just listening to "Fresh Tendrils." On my way home Wednesday evening, I decided it had been a good long while since I heard that ethereal voice — that cascading voice with unlimited range that could shatter a brandy snifter, but also put you in a lavender haze...

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  Roxcy Bolton, Dade's First Feminist, Is Dead

  May 17 at 12:36 p.m.

  Roxcy Bolton, a daughter of the South who fought harder and earlier for women's rights than anyone else in Florida, died early Wednesday morning. She was 90 years old. Bolton opened the rape treatment center at Jackson Memorial Hospital that bears her name. She helped introduce the Equal Rights Amendment in Congress (though it still hasn't passed). She fought a local Playboy Club, saying women shouldn't have to wear cotton bunny tails on their rear ends, and she removed "obey" from her wedding vows.

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  Bill Cooke, Photographer and Reporter, Dies

  May 6 at 6:26 p.m.

  "Chuckie, I got a great one for you today." I've heard it hundreds of times over the last 20 years. It didn't matter that Bill Cooke's health was failing. When getting around to take pictures got tough because of failing health, Bill Cooke transferred seamlessly to working as a writer...

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  Arthur Hertz, Business Titan, Luminary, and Focus of Lolita Protests, Dies

  May 4 at 2:12 p.m.

  Arthur H. Hertz, CEO of Wometco Enterprises Inc, heir to the legendary Mitchell Wolfson, and enemy of those who have long protested the captivity of Seaquarium's Lolita, is dead. Hertz, who died Wednesday, graduated cum laude with a Bachelor's degree from the University of Miami in 1955. He was also...

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  Primary Projects Cofounder and Wynwood Mural Pioneer Chris Oh Dead at 35

  April 26 at 4 p.m.

  Long before Wynwood became a mecca for selfie-snapping tourists, microbreweries, and international retailers, Chris Oh was there turning blank warehouse walls into art. Oh was a pioneer of Miami's street mural scene. He started Culture Kings, an influential Design District boutique, and co-founded the Primary Projects art gallery. Oh died...