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Celebration of Life Planned For Arts Journalist Christine Dolen

Written By Artburst Editor
February 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM

A Celebration of Life for ArtburstMiami theater critic/writer and Miami Herald theater critic has been announced for 7 p.m., April 7.

Dolen passed away at the age of 74 and had been battling idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive lung disease. She died on Saturday, Feb. 1 at her Davie home where she had been in hospice.

In lieu of flowers, Dolen’s family is asking that funds be sent to any number of South Florida theaters.

▪ Celebrating the Life of Christine Dolen

When: 7 p.m. Monday, April 7.

Read ArtburstMiami Editor Michelle F. Solomon’s Tribute to the incomparable journalist.

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