Columnist Steve Bousquet attended the large outpouring of affection on Wednesday in Ocala for former Gov. Buddy MacKay, who recently died at the age of 91.

Mackay served as Florida’s governor for less than a month in 1998 after Lawton Chiles’s sudden death. However, his passion for environmentalism and politics was not short-lived.

People will honor the life of former Florida Governor Buddy MacKay in Ocala on Wednesday. MacKay passed away peacefully in ...

A celebration of life will be held at the Fort King Presbyterian Church in Ocala starting at 1 p.m. on Wednesday ...

There are still two weeks to go in the mourning period for former president Jimmy Carter, when American flags are directed to ...

The governor also directed flags to half-staff in Florida to honor the late Gov. Buddy MacKay, though that lasts only through ...

Buddy MacKay, according to a memo released late Wednesday ... member of Congress and special envoy to the Americas under then ...

Florida has not had a Democrat in the governor's office since MacKay. More:Buddy MacKay, Florida's most recent Democratic governor, dead at 91 This story contains previously published material. Jim ...

Buddy MacKay will be held Wednesday ... to the Americas under then-President Bill Clinton. Florida has not had a Democrat in the governor's office since MacKay. This story contains previously ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Leaders and loved ones recall former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay as a man who refused to take over the governor’s mansion, gained the top job despite losing an election ...

Growing up, Kenneth Hood MacKay IV lived beside his grandfather Kenneth Hood MacKay Jr., better known as Buddy MacKay, Florida's former lieutenant governor and governor. Calling him "Pop," the ...