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Robert Newell

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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NEWELL NEWELL, ROBERT "CRAZY GREGG", 69, died peacefully in his sleep at his Fort Lauderdale home on Wednesday. February 12, after a lengthy battle with lung and liver cancer. Long regarded as the" Father of Spring Break", his nightclubs and wacky parties helped put Fort Lauderdale on the lips of...

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Thank you for all the good times you provided to so many people over the years. I was stationed at the Coast Guard Station on Peanut Island (Lake Worth Inlet) in 1967 when one of our boats rescued you and your friends after you guys drifted without water or food in a 17-foot boat for two days while trying to go to Bimini and the boat's motor died and couldn't be restarted. Fortunately your boat was spotted by a Coast Guard aircraft involved in the massive search and your ordeal and rescue...

Thank you for what you did for all of us.

To my friend Crazy Gregg. All those years I was a police officer and things got hectic and crazy, you were always there with a good joke, time to listen and most of all a good friend to all of your police officers. May you rest in peace my friend. Thanks for the memories.