Jim Cassel This is Me

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   Published on: 10/4/1999   Last Visited: 8/11/2003

   "He was always very active in politics," son Jim Cassel said. "He did it for fun."
   
   He also served as board chairman and president of the International Savings and Loan Association, vice chair of the Miami Beach Redevelopment Authority, president and director of the Downtown Miami Business Association, director of the National Board of Directors for American Women Composers, and director of Friends of the Arts Lowe Gallery.
   
   He was a member of the Miami chapter of the American Technion Society -- Israel Institute of Technology, Miami Historic Conservation Board, Florida Hospital Cost Containment Board, Miami Beach Downtown Development Authority, Pinecrest Planning and Zoning Board and American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
   
   LOVE OF MUSIC
   
   Cassel's love for music began as a child while listening to his mother, a composer and songwriter known as "Mana-Zucca."
   
   "When he was growing up, his family's living room was the concert hall of Miami," Jim Cassel said. "Every artist and musician that came through town stopped there."
   
   His favorite song: I Love Life.
   
   Cassel tried to instill his love for music in his own children.
   
   "He would make me and my brothers get up and perform all the time," Jim Cassel said.
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   In addition to son Jim and wife Leslie, Cassel is survived by sons Bradley, Tommy and 14-year-old Michael.