John Thrasher, former FSU president and former Speaker of the Florida House, has died. He passed away on Friday following a battle with cancer, according to multiple online reports. He was 81.

TALLAHASSEE — Former Florida State University President and House Speaker John Thrasher, whose career in politics and public service spanned more than three decades, died Friday after a battle with ...

John Thrasher – a towering figure in Florida politics and higher education whose decades of public service left a lasting imprint on the state – has died after a battle with cancer, his family ...

TALLAHASSEE — Former Florida State University President and House Speaker John Thrasher, whose career in politics and public service spanned more than three decades, died Friday after a battle with ...

Thrasher had been battling cancer. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on desktop, mobile, and our app for subscribers ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — John Thrasher, a former Florida House speaker and state senator who served as Florida State University president and co-founded The Southern Group lobbying firm, died Friday in ...

Former Florida State University President John Thrasher died Friday morning in Orlando at 81, CBS affiliate WCTV in Tallahassee is reporting. He was president of FSU from November 6, 2014, to August ...