Former mayor Eric Rosevear has died in hospital at the age of 92.
Elected to Hove Council in 1967, he was mayor for two years in the Seventies and later became council leader.
Mr Rosevear was born in Bournemouth and became an insurance manager.
He worked in Jersey, where he opened Norwich Union's first branch and he was appointed manager of the company's Brighton branch in 1955.
He met his wife Kathleen at Norwich Union and they married in 1937. The couple had two daughters, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Former Brighton Mayoress Peggy Leach, widow of John Leach, has also died.
Mr Leach, a well-known Conservative, was chairwoman of the council's housing committee for many years..
Peggy Leach was given the freedom of the city of London in recognition of her charity work.
She leaves two children, three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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