‘I don’t want to say goodbye.’ Pinellas Deputy Michael Magli is mourned.

Feb 24, 2021 604

BY: Jack Evans

The mourners at Tuesday’s funeral at Idlewild Baptist Church had many names for the deceased. They called him Mike, Mags, The Little Prince. They referred to him as son and brother and, though the 5-year-old and the 9-month-old were too young to speak at such a thing, everyone knew that to them, he was daddy.

His boss, Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, used the title that the man went by when he died in the line of duty on Feb. 17: Deputy Michael J. Magli. His wife Stephanie Magli — who said through tears that she’d tried to write down a speech but couldn’t because nothing felt real — called her husband her best friend and partner.

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SOURCE: https://www.tampabay.com

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