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Noted Civil Rights-Era Photographer Bob Adelman Found Dead At Miami Beach Home

Patrick Farrell
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Miami Herald

  Bob Adelman, a photographer considered one of the foremost chroniclers of the civil rights movement, was found dead in his Miami Beach home Saturday by a friend who called police.

Miami Beach police would not confirm the identity of the elderly man whose body was in the house, saying they had not yet notified the family, but the county's medical examiner's website identified the dead man as Adelman, misspelled as Adelman.

A Miami Beach official with knowledge of the investigation said Adelman, 85, was found with a head wound.

Police were called to Adelman's home on Post Avenue shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday after "friends of the deceased discovered an unresponsive elderly male within the home," a Miami Beach police spokesman, Ernesto Rodriguez, said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Rodriguez said there were no signs of forced entry at the house. Six hours later, a crime scene unit was still at the property, which was strung with yellow crime scene tape, and officers were combing the neighborhood for evidence. Police were questioning neighbors at the station.

Adelman's attorney, Ryan Tables of Miami, said Saturday night that Adelman left New York for South Florida after the death of Roy Lichtenstein, a close friend with whom he collaborated on work.

"He was an amazing man with a passion for civil rights, a sweetheart of a guy," said Tables, who added he leaves a daughter in Canada.

Get the full story at MiamiHerald.com.

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