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    Original South Seas Resort developer dies
    Al Ten Broek with six of his grandchildren. Photo courtesy Marge Lennon
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    By David Dorsey david.dorsey@naplespress.com  
    30 May 2025

    Original South Seas Resort developer dies

    Al Ten Broek, who joined and then helped guide a company that began by redeveloping South Seas Resort on Captiva Island in the 1970s and then became the largest private employer in Lee County by the late 1990s, died May 5 at 84.

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