Brian Hiltebeitel embraced his life and his family with 'a silly, fun-loving nature,' says his partner, Riviera Beach eatery owner Dina Lauro.

Fire Rescue medics pronounced him dead. The fatal killing of the golfer happened at Sandhill Crane Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, about 30 minutes northwest of West Palm Beach.

The sandhill crane descending on the Wisconsin countryside is a beautiful thing. Its gray wings are long and graceful, and it doesn’t swoop — it floats in, like a cloud slipping from the sky.