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Pinellas man, 89, found dead at home after Helene was ‘grandpa’ of Riviera Bay
Lost to Helene | Friends remember Jerome Waite, one of a dozen Pinellas residents killed during Hurricane Helene, for his home-made ice cream, life lessons and dry wit.
![Jerome Waite enjoys his new recliner in this photo from February 2023. Waite was found dead inside his Riviera Bay home after Hurricane Helene. Investigators suspect that he drowned.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 900 506"/%3E "Jerome Waite enjoys his new recliner in this photo from February 2023. Waite was found dead inside his Riviera Bay home after Hurricane Helene. Investigators suspect that he drowned.")
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