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  "path": "/briefs/fred-lewis-former-florida-supreme-court-justice-dead-at-78/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-28T20:41:29.000Z",
  "site": "https://floridaphoenix.com",
  "tags": [
    "Abortion Policy",
    "Florida government",
    "Politics & Law",
    "Florida Supreme Court",
    "Fred Lewis",
    "Lawton Chiles",
    "Ron DeSantis"
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  "textContent": "Former Florida Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis has died at age 78, the court announced Thursday. His death came Tuesday, the court said in a press release. He will lie in state in the court’s rotunda on June 11 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The justices will receive the body and Chief Justice Carlos […]",
  "title": "Fred Lewis, former Florida Supreme Court justice, dead at 78"
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