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Cyril Lawrence, footballer
15Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Cyril Lawrence, footballer

Cyril Lawrence ‑ an English professional footballer who played as a Winger ‑ died after contracting the COVID-19 virus on 14 April 2020, aged 99. Lawrence played in the English football league for Blackpool, Rochdale and Wrexham. In 2017, aged 97, Lawrence visited Spotland Stadium, the home of Rochdale.   During World War II, Lawrence enlisted in the Royal Navy and was posted to the King George V-class battleship as a gunner. He saw service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic and Pacific, most notably the pursuit and destruction of the German battleship Bismarck, as well as arctic convoys to supply the Soviets, the Battle of Okinawa and the final surrender of the Japanese home islands.   He married his wife Clara in 1944, while on shore leave. After the wa...
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Michael Arthur Gilkes, writer
15Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Michael Arthur Gilkes, writer

Michael Arthur Gilkes a Caribbean literary critic, dramatist, poet, filmmaker and university lecturer died in London on 14 April 2020, aged 86, after contracting COVID-19. Gilkes was involved in theatre for more than 40 years, as a director, actor and playwright, winning the Guyana Prize for Drama in 1992 and 2006, as well as the Guyana Prize for Best Book of Poetry in 2002. He was also respected for his insight into and writings on the work of Wilson Harris. Gilkes was born in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana). His involvement with theatre began in his native Guyana when he was about 12 years old, working in school theatre, and he went on to become involved with the Theatre Guild of Guyana. Gilkes taught at a number of universities in the Caribbean, Canada and the...
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Khalid Jamil, Healthcare Assistant
15Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Khalid Jamil, Healthcare Assistant

Khalid Jamil – a Healthcare Assistant at Watford General Hospital, Watford, England – passed away on 14 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Khalid was 57 years old. One worker said Mr Jamil was diabetic and had high blood pressure. However, Mr Jamil, described by his colleagues as one of the most "kindest and gentle people you could meet", did not formally a request for a risk assessment as "he never raised his voice". Source: Watford Observer Please help us in adding details.
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Amarante Dias, Healthcare Worker
14Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Amarante Dias, Healthcare Worker

Amarante Dias – a Healthcare Worker at Weston General Hospital, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England – passed away on 13 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Dr William Oldfield, medical director at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, said: "We are deeply saddened at losing Amarante Dias who was such a valued and much-loved colleague. "On behalf of everyone at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, including our patients and the communities we serve, I would like to offer my sincerest condolences to his family. "Amarante will be greatly missed and we are ensuring that staff have access to support to help them at this difficult time.” Source: Telegraph Please help us in adding d...
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Leilani Medel, Nurse
14Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Leilani Medel, Nurse

Leilani Medel – a Nurse in Bridgend, Wales – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 14 April 2020. Leilani was 41 years old. Leilani Medel was a nurse from Bridgend where she has lived for more than 10 years working in care homes and hospitals. Source: itv Please help us in adding details.
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Avrohom Pinter, religious scholar
14Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Avrohom Pinter, religious scholar

Avrohom Pinter an English rabbi and a leading figure in the Haredi community in Stamford Hill, London died in London of COVID-19 on 13 April 2020. Pinter was also a local government politician who served as a Labour councillor on the Hackney Borough Council (Northfield ward, elected 1982 and 1986). He also represented Haredi interests on the London Jewish Forum. In 2014 he was ranked by the Jewish Chronicle as no. 32 on their list of influential British Jews. He was the principal of the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School, a role in which he received praise and criticism. Pinter, a son of Rabbi Shmuel (Shmelke) Pinter, was born in Stamford Hill in 1949. He married Gittel Beck (1947–2014) in 1971 and they had several children together, two of whom, Yisrael and Chaim, became rab...
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Maureen Ellington, Healthcare Assistant
13Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Maureen Ellington, Healthcare Assistant

Maureen Ellington – a Healthcare Assistant at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, England – passed away after suffering from COVID-19.Maureen was 60 years old. In a statement her family said: “We are heartbroken to lose the pillar of our family at this time. She was simply amazing. She loved her husband, five children, six grandchildren, wider family, friends and colleagues. “She was kind hearted, bubbly, caring and always joyous. She would light up any room she entered. She will always be in our hearts.” Source: The Telegraph Please help us in adding details.
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