Sam Gibbons

The late Sam Gibbons, a former Florida congressman, was in the 101st Airborne Division that was part of the invasion that changed the course of World War II. He shared his experiences in a 2007 WUSF-TV documentary.

In conjunction with Ken Burns’ The War, WUSF produced a pair of documentaries in 2007 focusing on two Bay area communities and the residents who served in…

Sam Gibbons was re-elected to Congress 16 times, from the 1960s through 1997. Before that, he served in the Florida Legislature, and was instrumental in…

One of the legends of Florida politics is gone. Sam Gibbons, who represented Tampa in Congress for more than 30 years, died this morning at the age of…

He's considered a legend in Tampa political circles. Saturday, former Congressman Sam Gibbons regaled an audience with tales of how things used to be in…