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James House, Registered Nurse

James House – a Registered Nurse at Omni Continuing Care, Detroit, Michigan – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 4 April, 2020. James was 40 years old. Omni Continuing Care issued the following statement: "It is with great sadness to report the recent passing of one of our employees at Omni Continuing Care. Our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time. This individual was a beloved, long-time employee, who will be greatly missed. We have brought in grief counselors to assist our staff and residents. ... Source: Detroit Free Press Please help us in adding details.

4Apr

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Steven J. Huber, Orthodonist

Steven J. Huber – an Orthodonist in Jefferson City, Missouri – passed away on 3 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Steven was 62 years old. Steven was an Eagle Scout and he graduated from Helias High School where he was a varsity wrestler. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He went on to receive his Doctor of Dental Surgery at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and then continued his education at the University of Oklahoma and completed the orthodontic program there. Source: Dulle Trimble Please help us in adding details.

4Apr

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Arnold Demain, microbiologist

Arnold L. Demain, an American microbiologist, succumbed to Covid-19 on April 3, 2020. During a 60-year career, he gained a reputation in the field of industrial microbiology. He was the Professor of Industrial Microbiology in the Biology Department at MIT and Founder and Head of Department of Fermentation Microbiology at Merck & Co. The August 2010 edition of The Journal of Antibiotics celebrated his scientific career. Demain was described as “one of the world’s leading industrial microbiologists” and as “a scientist constantly in the forefront of industrial microbiology and biotechnology.” He was “a pioneer in research on the elucidation and regulation of the biosynthetic pathways leading to the penicilli...

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Bob Glanzer, politician

Robert E. Glanzer ‑ an American politician who served in the South Dakota House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party from 2017 to 2020 – succumbed to Covid-19 on April 3, 2020. Robert E. Glanzer was born on September 13, 1945, to Jacob S. Glanzer and Mattie King in Huron, South Dakota. In 1963, he graduated from James Valley Christian School in Huron and later graduated from Tabor College with a business degree and a minor in physical education in 1967. On August 2, 1968, he married Penny Glanzer and later had two children with her. He taught business education classes and coached sports at Wessington Springs High School. In 1975, he became the manager of the South Dakota State Fair and retired from his banking career in 2012 after 33 years. In 2016, ...

4Apr

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Dorothy Boles, Nurse

Dorothy Boles – a Registered Nurse in Greenwood, Mississippi – passed away on 3 April,2020, due to COVID-19. Dorothy was 65 years old. Dorothy was born on Sept. 4, 1954, to the late Willie B. Hallmon and Lucy Bell Flowers. Source: Grenada Star Please help us in adding details.

3Apr

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Patricia Bosworth, journalist & actress

Patricia Bosworth ‑ an American journalist and biographer, memoirist, and actress – dies of Covid-19 on April 2, 2020. She was a faculty member of Columbia University’s school of journalism as well as Barnard College, and was a winner of the Front Page Award for her journalistic achievement in writing about the Hollywood Blacklist. She died due to complications brought on by COVID-19. Born Patricia Crum in Oakland, California, Bosworth was the daughter of prominent attorney Bartley Crum and novelist Anna Gertrude Bosworth. She grew up especially close to her younger brother, Bartley Crum Jr. Their father was active in politics as a confidant to Wendell Willkie during the 1940 U.S. presidential election, and served on the 1945 Anglo-American Commi...

3Apr

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Sean D. Boynes, Pharmacist

Sean D. Boynes – a Pharmacist in Greenbelt, Maryland – passed away on 2 April, 2020, due to COVID-19. Sean was 49 years old. Howard University Department of Athletics mourns the loss of fallen Bison, Sean D. Boynes, who passed away due to complications from the coronavirus (COVID-19). He was on the frontline, serving in the medical field as a pharmacist. Boynes was three-year member of the Bison football team (1991-93) where he played both sides of the ball as a defensive back and wide receiver. He was known for his man coverage skills, building the reputation as Sean "Bump-N-Run" Boynes. Source: Howard Bison Please help us in adding details.

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Arthur Whistler, ethnobotanist

Wayne Arthur Whistler ‑ an American ethnobotanist, academic and writer – died on April 2, 2020 from Covid-19. Whistler, an adjunct professor at the University of Hawaii's Department of Botany, was an expert on tropical flora of the Pacific Islands, especially Samoa and Tonga. Whistler was born near Death Valley in San Bernardino County, California. He earned a B.A. in Biology from the University of California, Riverside, in 1965; an M.A. in Botany, from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1966, and Ph.D. in Botany, from the University of Hawaii, in 1979. Once he completed his first two degrees, Whistler served in the Peace Corps as a teacher at Samoa College in Apia, Western Samoa (now known as Samoa). He then moved to Hawaii, where he ...

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Aaron Rubashkin, businessman

Abraham Aaron Rubashkin, a Russian-American businessman, died due to complications brought on by COVID-19 on April 2, 2020. An adherent to Haredi Judaism of the Lubavitcher hasidic movement, Rubashkin was born in the late-1920s in the Russian town Nevel in the former Soviet Union He was the son of Getzel Rubashkin and Rosa Lubavicher Hasidim, who raised their two sons and daughters as observant Jews in spite of the anti-religious repression in the Soviet Union. When the Germans occupied Nevel in July 1941, the Rubashkin family fled east, eventually reaching the Uzbek city of Samarkand, where he married Rivka Chazanov of the Chein family of Nevel. After the war, the Rubashkin family left the Soviet Union via Lemberg and spent time in Austria, before they settled in Paris ...

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Adam Schlesinger, singer & songwriter

Adam Lyons Schlesinger ‑ an American singer-songwriter, record producer, bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, and drummer – passed away after suffering from Covid-19 on April 1, 2020. He won three Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and the ASCAP Pop Music Award, and was nominated for Academy, Tony, and Golden Globe Awards. He was a founding member of the bands Fountains of Wayne, Ivy, and Tinted Windows, and was a key songwriting contributor and producer for Brooklyn-based synth-pop duo Fever High. Schlesinger grew up in Manhattan and Montclair, New Jersey. He died in the United States due to complications brought on by COVID-19. Schlesinger was born in New York City, the son of Barbara "Bobbi" (Bernthal), a publicist, and Stephen Schlesinger. He grew up in Manhattan ...