Longtime Sarasota furniture store owner, philanthropist dies at 101

"It doesn't cost anything to be nice, and it pays dividends" was one of Ed Kalin’s favorite sayings.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 11:40 a.m. June 20, 2022
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Longtime Sarasota businessman and philanthropist Ed Kalin never really settled on a traditional hobby. He played golf a little bit, fished here and there. He owned a boat for a time.

 

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