In Memoriam: Dr. Murray "Murf" Klauber, 1927-2018

Onetime orthodontist was at the forefront of turning Sarasota into a global destination for leisure travel.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 3:21 p.m. November 26, 2018
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A child of the Great Depression, Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber took all kinds of jobs to make money in the 1930s: Soda jerk, gravedigger, paperboy, to name just a few. When he made $200 he bought a car — the first in his family to have a set of wheels.

 

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