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16Apr

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Hector Garrido Vecino, Paediatrician

Hector Garrido Vecino – a Paediatrician in Ciudad Real, Spain – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 16 April, 2020. Hector was 59 years old. Héctor Garrido Vecino, graduated as a surgeon from the Industrial University of Santander, with a specialization in Pediatrician from the UIS. This 59-year-old health professional was a native of Barrancabermeja and had lived in Spain for 15 years, where he worked in a public hospital in Ciudad Real, south of Madrid. Dr. Garrido was also an outstanding footballer and stood out as a great goalkeeper for the Santander team in the years 80, 81, 82 and 83, after graduating as a doctor from the UIS, he was working as a doctor for Atlético Bucaramanga. H...

14Apr

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Baldiri Alavedra, footballer

Baldiri Alavedra Pla –a Spanish professional footballer who played as a midfielder – died on 13 April 2020 at the age of 76, from coronavirus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. Born in Gavà, Alavedra played for Condal, Sabadell, Xerez, Terrassa, Gramenet and Gavà.

14Apr

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Antonio Gutiérrez, Medical Coordinator

Antonio Gutiérrez – a Medical Coordinator in Eras de Renueva Health Clinic, Léon, Spain – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Please help us in adding details.

14Apr

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Juan Cotino, entrepreneur & politician

Juan Gabriel Cotino Ferrer ‑ a Spanish entrepreneur and politician – passed away on 13 April 2020 after contracting Covid-19. He was born in Xirivella, Valencia. Coming from a family of agricultural entrepreneurs, he was one of the founders of the Valencian Association of Farmers. In 1976, he joined the UCD, becoming part of the Popular Democratic Party and later the Popular Party. In 1991, he was elected councilman in the City of Valencia, to the position of deputy mayor, being reelected in 1995. In 1996, he was named general director of the Police, a position he held until 2002 when he was appointed Government Delegate in the Valencian Community. After the defeat of the Popular Party in the general elections of 2004, he was removed from his position ...

13Apr

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Carlos Seco Serrano, historian

Carlos Seco Serrano ‑ a Spanish historian who specialised in the contemporary era – passed away in Madrid on 12 April 2020 after contracting Covid-19. He was 96. Born in Toledo, Seco Serrano was elected to medalla nº 12 of the Real Academia de la Historia on 21 January 1977 and took up his seat on 5 February 1978.

12Apr

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Francisco Aritmendi, runner

Francisco Aritmendi Criado – was a Spanish long-distance runner who competed mainly in cross country running competitions – died on 12 April 2020 of pneumonia during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain in April. At his death, he remained the only Spaniard to have won the world cross country title. He was the gold medallist at the 1964 International Cross Country Championships. He was a six-time competitor at the competition and also shared in a team silver in 1962. However, his failure to finish at the 1963 race drew great criticism as Spain missed the team title as a result. Aritmendi also competed on the track and represented Spain at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in the 5000 metres. He was the Spanish record holder in that event, having beco...

11Apr

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Iris M. Zavala, author

Iris M. Zavala –a Puerto Rican author, scholar, and poet, who later lived in Barcelona, Spain – died from Covid-19 on 10 April 2020 She had over 50 works to her name, plus hundreds of articles, dissertations, and conferences and many of her writings, including "Nocturna, mas no funesta", build on and express this belief. She died from COVID-19 in Madrid during COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, at the age of 83. Zavala was born on 27 December 1936 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She graduated from the University of Puerto Rico with a B.A. in literature and from the University of Salamanca with a "Licenciatura" degree as well as a "Doctor en Filosofía y Letras" (Ph.D.). There, she was influenced by Spain's Fernando L&aa...

8Apr

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Miguel Jones, footballer

Miguel Jones Castillo –a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for SD Indautxu and Atlético Madrid during the 1950s and 1960s – passed away due to Covid-19 on 8 April 2020. Although born in Spanish Guinea, now known as Equatorial Guinea, Jones grew up in Bilbao. He began his career with local sides Barakaldo and Indautxu, where his teammates included the veteran Lezama and another emerging young player, Jesús María Pereda. Jones and Pereda, and later a third Indautxu player, José Eulogio Gárate, were all controversially rejected by Athletic Bilbao because the club's signing policy required for them to be born in Biscay; he maintained throughout his life that his rejection was not due to racism, as the other shunn...

7Apr

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Pedro Carrillo León, Nurse

Pedro Carrillo León – a Nurse at Hospital Neurotraumatológico, Jaén, Spain – passed away due to COVID-19. It was reported on April 7, 2020. Pedro was 59 years old. The profession and the College of Nursing in Jaén are in mourning. The nurse Pedro Carrillo León died and is the first fatality of the coronavirus in the province. He worked at the Neurotraumatológico Hospital. His wife, Dulce Espinosa, is also a nurse. The manager of the Jaén Hospital Complex. Osamah El Rubaidí, I regret his death in a heartfelt communication. He was united by "a special friendship" with the nurse. "He has been an exemplary professional of recognized prestige, with an impeccable professional and teaching career," he valued. Source: Jaen Please help us in adding details.

Luis Fernando Mateos, General Practitioner

7Apr

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Luis Fernando Mateos, General Practitioner

Luis Fernando Mateos – a Family Medicine/General Practitioner at Centro de salud de Linares de Riofrío, Salamanca, Spain – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Luis was 64 years old. As reported by the EFE agency, citing sources from the Salamanca College of Physicians, Mateos Arroyo had been admitted to the ICU for several weeks and was unable to overcome the disease. Source: SEN Please help us in adding details.