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  Avicii, Dead at 28, Made His Career in Miami

  April 20 at 3:27 p.m.

  The Swedish DJ/producer Tim Bergling, AKA Avicii, is dead at the age of 28. His publicist, Diana Baron, said in the statement that the EDM superstar was found dead Friday, April 20, in Muscat, Oman.

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  Wayne Huizenga, South Florida Sports Icon and Entrepreneur, Dies and Leaves a Mixed Legacy

  March 23 at 12:55 p.m.

  H. Wayne Huizenga, the man who brought both hockey and baseball to South Florida — and who made three Fortune 500 companies — is dead of cancer at 80.

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  Miami's Culinary Community Remembers Michael Clements

  February 28 at 11:08 a.m.

  Many Miami foodies might not know the name Michael Clements, but to the chefs and restaurateurs who present plates to a hungry public, Clements was one of the most important people on the city's culinary scene.

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  Ben Laurenzo, Founder of Laurenzo's Italian Market, Dies

  January 22 at 10:10 a.m.

  The guy behind South Florida's best market — and that is saying something — left this world recently. Ben Laurenzo, the genius of Laurenzo's Italian Market in North Miami Beach, died of a liver ailment January 15. A half century ago, the man who entered the military at age 15...

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  Miami's Culinary Community Mourns Chef Alfredo Alvarez

  January 19 at 9:37 a.m.

  The Miami culinary community has been saddened to learn that chef Alfredo Alvarez has died. Details have not been confirmed, but according to publicist Terry Zarikian, a close friend of the chef, Alvarez went to sleep on Wednesday evening and didn't wake up the next morning. A native of Venezuela,...

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  Russ Rector, Animal Activist and Pioneer of the Anti-Captivity Movement, Dies at 69

  January 10 at 9:41 a.m.

  Former dolphin trainer Russ Rector, who pioneered the anti-captivity movement, passed away Sunday.