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21Apr

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Ade Dickson, Mental Health Nurse

Ade Dickson – a Mental Health Nurse at Barnet Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team, London, England – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on April 21, 2020. Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust in London, which announced his death, said: ‘Ade was a highly respected colleague who will be deeply missed by his family, friends, trust staff and patients.’ Source: Nursing Standard Please help us in adding details.

21Apr

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Muhanad Noward Eltayib, Cardiologist

Muhanad Noward Eltayib – a Cardiologist at Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Muhanad was 36 years old. Muhanad Noward Eltayib worked as a registrar at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Northern Ireland and had been self isolating with flu-like symptoms before his death, says a doctor who knew him. It is understood the 36-year-old's dad raised the alarm with a friend of Muhanad's after being unable to reach the "vibrant and full of life" young doctor over the weekend. Source: Irish Mirror Please help us in adding details.

Nurse, parents die due to Covid-19 within weeks

20Apr

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Nurse, parents die due to Covid-19 within weeks

Maurice Dunnington, son Keith and wife Lillian all died within weeks of each other Three members of the same family have died within weeks of each other after contracting coronavirus. Keith Dunnington, 54, a nurse for more than 30 years, died at his parents home in South Shields on 19 April. His mother Lillian, 81, died on 1 May and her husband Maurice, 85, died days later at South Tyneside Hospital. Keith's cousin Debbie Harvey said her family was heartbroken but praised the "absolutely amazing" NHS staff who "could not do enough" for the family. She said front-line hospital staff pushed Mr and Mrs Dunnington's beds together so they could hold hands. Dad-of-two Keith, who passed away last month, worked at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead. Yvonne Ormston MBE,...

20Apr

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Charlie Goodwin, Paramedic

Charlie Goodwin – a Paramedic at First 4 Care, Mansfield, UK – passed away on 20 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Charlie was 61 years old. Mr Goodwin, who worked for ambulance service First4Care, spent 11 days in intensive care before he died. Source: BBC Please help us in adding details.

20Apr

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Patrick McManus, Nurse

Patrick McManus – a Nurse at County Hospital, Stafford, England – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 20 April 2020. Patrick was 60 years old. Patrick McManus, 60, had been a nurse for more than 40 years, including at North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary and then County Hospital in Stafford. He was a popular and valued member of staff, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) said. The trust said his "big, Irish personality will be sorely missed" by friends and colleagues. Tracy Bullock, chief executive of UHNM, said: "He was a loveable character and brought kindness and compassion to all his patients which was acknowledged by the number of compliments and thank you messages he received. "He was an...

19Apr

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Simon Guest, Radiographer

Simon Guest – a Radiographer at Furness General Hospital, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England – passed away after suffering from Covid-19. It was reported on 19 April, 2020. Source: BBC Please help us in adding details.

19Apr

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Terry Doran, music manager

Terence James Doran ‑ an English luxury car dealer, pop music manager and music publishing executive, best known for his association with the Beatles – succumbed to Covid-19 on 18 April 2020. With Beatles manager Brian Epstein, he co-owned Brydor Cars in the 1960s, supplying sportscars to many figures in the Swinging London era, including the Beatles and members of the Rolling Stones and the Moody Blues. In 1967, he became the manager of Apple Publishing, the first appointment in the Beatles' Apple Corps business organisation. He also managed the Apple artists Grapefruit and Mary Hopkin. He was a personal assistant to John Lennon and then George Harrison. Throughout the 1970s, he worked as Harrison's estate manager at Friar Park in Oxfordshire and assisted in rest...

18Apr

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Matthew Seligman, bass guitarist

Matthew Seligman ‑ an English bass guitarist – died on April 17 2020 in St George’s Hospital London battling COVID-19. Seligman was best known for his association with the new wave music scene of the 1980s. Seligman was a member of The Soft Boys and the Thompson Twins, and was a sideman for Thomas Dolby. Seligman was also a member of Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club and The Dolphin Brothers, and backed David Bowie at his performance at Live Aid in 1985. Seligman was born in Cyprus, and his family moved to the UK eight months after his birth, settling in Wimbledon. Influenced by Paul McCartney, Free’s Andy Fraser, and Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads, he learned bass. Seligman was a founding member of Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club, w...

18Apr

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Norman Hunter, footballer

Norman Hunter ‑ an English footballer – died on April 17 2020 due COVID‑19. Hunter played for Leeds United, Bristol City, Barnsley and England. He was part of the 1966 FIFA World Cup winning squad, receiving a winner's medal in 2007. He was the first winner of the PFA Players' Player of the Year award in 1974, and was included in the Football League 100 Legends. A tough tackling centre-half and defensive midfielder, he was nicknamed "Bites Yer Legs" Hunter. The nickname originated from a banner held up by Leeds United fans at the 1972 FA Cup Final against Arsenal; the banner read "Norman bites yer legs". He played 726 games in total for Leeds, scoring 21 goals. Hunter was born in Eighton Banks, Gateshead, in 1943 and joined Leeds at t...

18Apr

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Jenelyn Carter, Healthcare Assistant

Jenelyn Carter – a Healthcare Assistant at Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Wales – passed away due to COVID-19. It was reported on April 18, 2020. The trust's chief executive Daren Mochrie said: "Our colleague was married with children and had worked for the trust for a considerable number of years. "On behalf of everyone here at NWAS, including our patients and the communities we serve, I would like to offer our sincere condolences to the family. Source: Mirror Please help us in adding details.