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Wynn Handman, artist
12Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Wynn Handman, artist

Wynn Handman the Artistic Director of The American Place Theatre, which he co-founded with Sidney Lanier and Michael Tolan in 1963 died on April 11, 2020 in New York City at the age of 97 from COVID-19. His role in the theatre was to seek out, encourage, train, and present new and exciting writing and acting talent and to develop and produce new plays by living American writers. In addition, he initiated several Arts Education Programs, such as Literature to Life. Handman grew up in the Inwood neighborhood in Upper Manhattan. Handman also studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York City. He died due to complications brought on by COVID-19. He was a recipient of the 1999 Obie for Sustained Achievement; the Lucille Lortel Award for Lifetime Achieve...
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Stanley Chera, real estate developer
12Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Stanley Chera, real estate developer

Stanley Isaac Chera–an American real estate developer and founder of Crown Acquisitions ‑ died on April 11, 2020 due to complications brought on by COVID-19.   Chera was born in 1942 in Brooklyn to a Syrian Jewish family. In 1947, his father Isaac Chera opened a retail store called Young World in Brooklyn, New York. The family later purchased the building and grew Young World into a chain purchasing the buildings as they expanded.   In the 1980s, Chera (then in charge of the family company) started purchasing real estate in New York City at first as a minority partner and later in 2000s as the lead developer. Chera was known for developing or "repositioning" the retail portion of his buildings and then selling the property.   In a join...
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Quen Agbor Ako, Nurse
11Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Quen Agbor Ako, Nurse

Quen AgborAko – a nurse at a nursing home in Randallstown, Maryland - passed away on 10 April, 2020, in the United States due to COVID-19. She was 53 years old. Source: Fox45 News Please help us in adding details.
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Ceybil Jefferies, vocalist
11Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Ceybil Jefferies, vocalist

Ceybil Jefferies ‑ also known by the stage name Sweet Sable ‑ died from COVID-19 in April 2020.   She was an American house and R&B vocalist best known for her work during the 1990s, including the 1996 Dutch house single, "It's Gonna Be Alright" with Deep Zone, which hit No. 20 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.   Her other best known singles include "So Special" and "Open Your Heart", both of which reached the top 20 of the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in 1991. Jefferies, who sometimes went by the stage name Sweet Sable beginning in 1994, often changed the spelling of her name or reinvented it, depending on the release.   Variations of her name included Ceybil, Sable Jefferies, her birthname Sybil Jeffe...
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Maria Krier, Nurse
11Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Maria Krier, Nurse

Maria Krier – a Nurse at Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley, Littleton, Massachusetts – passed away on 10 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19.  "We are deeply saddened by the passing of one our associates during these challenging times the country is experiencing,” stated Kate O’Connor, regional vice president. “Our heartfelt condolences go out to her family and friends." Source: WCVB Please help us in adding details.
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Kevin Leiva, Emergency Medical Technician
10Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Kevin Leiva, Emergency Medical Technician

Kevin Leiva, 24, Emergency Medical Technician, Dover, New Jersey – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 9 April 2020. Kevin was 24 years old. Leiva was remembered as smart, positive and selfless, who lived to help others through being an EMT. “Kevin was only 24 years old," said Murphy. “Bless him. We thank him for his service. For an extraordinary lifetime. For his service to this state.” Source: NJ Please help us in adding details.
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Paul Novicki
10Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Paul Novicki

Paul Novicki, 51, an EMT from Huron Township, Michigan, died from Covid-19 on April 9. Novicki, who had contracted the disease along with his partner, died after a long fight with the virus. “He saved people’s lives and he made other lives better just by being there,” said his son, Zack Novicki. Zack remembers his father being on the front lines saving lives for more than three decades. “He was a first responder. He lived his whole life saving people, his work was absolutely his passion,” Zack said. “I mean there’s some weeks where he would work 100-plus hours a week because it’s absolutely what he loved to do, help people. That’s what he was all about and he’s a hero to a lot of people.” A hero who had spent the last two weeks hospitalized fighting for his own life after he and hi...
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