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18Aug

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Profiles, Sad But True, United States

William Stalls, Mayor

An Eastern Carolina town Mayor William Stalls died in a hospital because of COVID-19 related complications. Quoting Oak City Town Clerk Vonetta Porter newspapers reported that he died on Sunday. We’re told that Stalls has been mayor for the past 10 years and involved in the town for decades.Town Hall will be closed this week, Porter said. Mayor Pro Tem Sue Harrell, who will be sworn in as acting mayor at next month’s commissioners’ meeting, said the 69-year-old Stalls had been in the hospital for three weeks. Stalls had 43 years of service with Oak City Fire-EMS Department, currently serving as an EMT as well as treasurer. Harrell said he was one of four cases of COVDI-19 within the fire/EMS department that they were aware of. The mayor pro tem said last July, town commissi...

14Aug

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Profiles, Sad But True, United States

Craig Ogletree, Footballer

Former Auburn linebacker Craig Ogletree, who also had a brief stop in the NFL, died Monday from complications of COVID-19. He was 53. Ogletree played four seasons with the Tigers and was co-captain of the 1989 team that won the Southeastern Conference championship. “Great linebacker, great leader,” said his college roommate, fellow linebacker Quentin Riggins. “He’d make play after play. What most people don’t know is that he was also an excellent student, a brilliant person. Great dad and husband. We just clicked. He was a very special person.” His best year with Auburn came in 1989 when he had 11 sacks and 113 tackles. That was the third of three straight conference titles the Tigers won. Ogletree, a Georgia native, was a seventh-round draft pick of the Cincinnati Bengals in ...

9Aug

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Dick Farrel, Radio Host

Dick Farrel, 65, a former Newsmax host and pioneer of the shock jock genre, died on Wednesday in West Palm Beach, Florida, from complications relating to Covid-19. Prior to getting sick, Farrel wrote on Facebook that Dr Anthony Fauci was a “power-tripping lying freak”, mocked vaccines and referred to the pandemic that has taken more than 600,000 American lives as a “scamdemic”. His close friend Amy Leigh Hair said that Farrel had written to her from the hospital begging her to get vaccinated. “He texted me and told me to ‘Get it!’ He told me this virus is no joke and he said, ‘I wish I had gotten it!’” His partner Kit Farley said he “fought like a tiger”, and pleaded with people not to put off “getting attention for this illness”. “He was known as the other Rush Limbaugh. W...

6Aug

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Paul Johnson, American DJ

Influential Chicago house music DJ Paul Johnson has died at the age of 50 due to COVID-19. According to reports, Johnson, who had a global hit with Get Get Down in 1999 and was named as an influence by Daft Punk, had spent several weeks in hospital. He had been hospitalized for COVID-19 in mid-July, according to posts on his Instagram, although an official cause of death has not been released. Johnson began DJ-ing at parties in the mid-1980s and started producing his own music in the early ’90s, with his first release coming out in 1992. By 1997, Johnson had founded the record label Dust Traxx. That same year, his influence on house was also immortalized when Daft Punk listed him as the first name on their Homework track “Teachers,” which paid tribute to the group’s inspirations. Bu...

6Aug

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John Eyers, Bodybuilder

A “fit and healthy” 42-year-old who loved climbing mountains and lifting weights has died of Covid-19 after refusing to get vaccinated, reported The Guardian. John Eyers had enjoyed a climbing trip in the Welsh mountains before testing positive for the virus four weeks ago. He passed away last week attached to a ventilator in hospital, leaving his family devastated. Twin sister Jenny McCann, from London, described her brother as the “fittest, healthiest person I know”. She added that her brother had been climbing Welsh mountains and camping in the wild four weeks before his death. But he was left in intensive care after catching coronavirus, and told his consultant before he was ventilated that he wished he had been vaccinated. His twin said his death was “a tragedy”. “He t...

30Jul

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Profiles, United States

Joey Jordison, Drummer

Joey Jordison, a founding member of Slipknot, who drummed for the influential metal band in its most popular period and helped write many of its best-known songs, has died Monday at age 46, news agency AP quoted his family as having said. “We are heartbroken to share the news that Joey Jordison, prolific drummer, musician and artist passed away peacefully in his sleep,” his family said in a statement, according to report. “Joey’s death has left us with empty hearts and feelings of indescribable sorrow.” According to report, Jordison grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, the eldest of three children, and began playing drums at age 8. He was already a veteran of the city’s metal scene when he founded the band that would become Slipknot in 1995, along with percussionist Shawn Crahan and bassist...

Man Who Mocked Vaccines Dies Of COVID-19

26Jul

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Man Who Mocked Vaccines Dies Of COVID-19

A California man who mocked Covid-19 vaccines on social media has died after a month-long battle with the virus. According to reports, Stephen Harmon, 34, died on Wednesday at Corona Regional Medical Center, about an hour east of Los Angeles. Prior to his hospitalization, Harmon shared a series of jokes on social media about vaccines. “I got 99 problems but a vax ain’t one,” he wrote in June on Twitter. In another tweet the same month, he made fun of the Biden administration’s outreach efforts to push vaccines. “Biden’s door to door vaccine ‘surveyors’ really should be called JaCovid Witnesses. #keepmovingdork,” he tweeted. According to report published by news station KCBS-TV, Harmon had been treated for pneumonia and critically low oxygen levels in the hospital. Three ...

28Jun

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High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Mike Gravel, politician

Two-time U.S. presidential candidate and former US Senator Mike Gravel is dead. The 91-year-old Alaska Democrat is remembered for attracting national attention by reading the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record, while also making two unsuccessful bids for president.. Gravel's daughter, Lynne Mosier described her father as a "terrific dad” while confirming his death in a message to CNN on June 27. Gravel was born on May 13, 1930, in Springfield, Massachusetts and served in the US Army as an adjutant in the Communications Intelligence Service in Germany, besides later as special agent in the Counter Intelligence Corps in France from 1951 to 1954, according to a biography on his website. Later, Gravel graduated from Columbia University in 1956 with a Bachelor of...

13Sep

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Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Mark Ivester, educationist

Mark Ivester, the president of North Georgia Technical College, died on September 12, 2020, from COVID-19. Gov. Brian Kemp said in a post on Twitter that he, first lady Marty Kemp and their daughters “are praying for the loved ones, colleagues, and community” of Ivester following his death. The pandemic has spread less severely in North Georgia, except in the Habersham County area, where the college is located, according to state Department of Public Health data assembled by the AJC. According to the Acree-Davis Funeral Home, Ivester, 57, died Saturday at Northeast Georgia Health System’s hospital in Braselton. He became ill on Aug. 5, was hospitalized on Aug. 16, and spent a month in intensive care, according to the website Nowhabersham.com.

10Aug

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

James Harris, WWE legend

James Harris, a WWE legend, popularly known to fans as Kamala, passed away at age 70 from Covid-19-related complications on August 9, 2020. Behind the frightening face paint of Kamala, the 6-foot-7, 380-pound Harris battled the greatest Superstars in sports-entertainment history, including Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker and Andre the Giant. He wrestled more than 400 matches over the course of several stretches with the WWE. "He terrorised opponents and thrilled audiences in Mid-South, World Class Championship Wrestling, WCW and WWE until 2006," WWE said in a statement. "WWE extends its condolences to Harris' family, friends and fans," it added. Expressing remorse, WWE NXT General Manager William Regal said on Instagram: "My deepest condolences to ...