Former Rep. Roy Hardemon , a passionate Miami lawmaker and lifelong advocate for Liberty City and its neighboring community, has died, according to his sister and his nephew’s office in Miami-Dade County.

He was 63.

Hardemon, who served one term in the Florida House representing District 108 from 2016 to 2018, was known as a blunt, neighborhood-first politician whose priorities rarely strayed far from the blocks where he was raised.

Born in Miami on Aug. 12, 1962, Hardemon rose from the city’s rough political scene to become one of its most outspoken voices in Tallahassee.

During his two years in the House, Hardemon sat on the Health and Human Services Committee , Careers and Competition Subcommittee , PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee and others, filing dozens of a

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