Gulf Breeze Mayor Lane Gilchrist has passed away.
City Manager Buz Eddy tells News 5 Gilchrist died Friday morning after a long battle with Leukemia. He was 72 years old.
Gilchrist was first elected Mayor in 1992. He was a member of the City Council for 10 years before that.
Mayor pro tem, Beverly Zimmern, will fill the rest of Gilchrist’s term, which ends December 2010. Zimmern has been a member of the City Council since August 2001.
Gilchrist is survived by his wife Suzanne and their two sons, Lane and Michael.
Funeral arrangements pending.
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