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James M. Cross, Ice hockey player & coach

3May

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

James M. Cross, Ice hockey player & coach

James M. Cross an American ice hockey player and coach who led the Vermont Catamounts of the University of Vermont for nineteen seasons died in Georgia of complications of COVID-19 on May 2, 2020, at age 87. Cross graduated from Boston University in 1960, having played ice hockey for the Terriers for two seasons. In his senior year, he helped the team record a third-place finish at the 1960 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. While at BU, Cross played collegiate summer baseball with the Dennis Clippers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. After graduating from BU, Cross became the director of physical education at Lyman C. Hunt School, a position he held for four years before accepting the head coaching position at nearby Vermont. Cross joined the program in only its third year of e...

3May

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Meyer Rubin, geologist

Meyer Rubin ‑ an American geologist known for his radiocarbon dating work with the United States Geological Survey – died of Covid-19 on May 2, 2020. After graduating from Englewood High School, South Side, Chicago, in 1941, Rubin enlisted into a University of Chicago run pre-meteorology training program (class "B"), for the United States Army Air Forces (AAF); active duty effective March 3, 1943. Basic training was at Fort Sheridan with classes held at the University of Michigan. Rubin finished his training in September 1943, and was shipped off first to Port Moresby, New Guinea, and then later to the Philippines, to help forecast weather for AAF long range flights in the Pacific Theater of World War II. After Japan surrendered, Rubin was sent to Tokyo as pa...

2May

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High Profilers, Noteworthy, Pakistan, Profiles

Haji Allah Yar Ansari, politician

Haji Allah Yar Ansari a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab between 1997 and 1999 died on May 1, 2020, at the age of 77 due to COVID-19. Born in Khushab District, Allah Yar received his Intermediate in 1962 from the Government College Joharabad. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in 1997. He was also businessman who was serving as the vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League and as president of Jamiat Al-Ansar since 1988. He served as a councillor in a municipal corporation in Sargodha from 1987 to 1997. Ansari remained quarantined at home, but was later shifted to hospital when his condition deteriorated and he succumbed to the virus.

Fernando Sandoval, Olympic water polo player

2May

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Brazil, Noteworthy, Profiles

Fernando Sandoval, Olympic water polo player

Fernando Sandoval a Brazilian water polo player who competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics died on May 1, 2020, after suffering from coronavirus in São Paulo. He was 78. Fernando Sandoval was born in the capital of São Paulo, on November 18, 1942. He began his career in swimming pools before moving to water polo, a sport that won him over, at the age of 16. In 1967, at the age of 25, he won the silver medal at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. A year later, Fernando Sandoval had the honor of being part of the Brazil team that finished 13th in the Olympic Games in Mexico.

África Lorente Castillo, politician & activist

2May

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High Profilers, Noteworthy, Profiles, Spain

África Lorente Castillo, politician & activist

África Lorente Castillo was a Moroccan-born Spanish politician and activist died of COVID-19 on 1 May 2020 in Castelldefels, aged 65 She was born in Tangier, Morocco, then Spanish protectorate. She was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. She was a member of the Catalan Parliament from 1984 to 1988. From 1987 to 2003, she was Deputy Mayor of Castelldefels.

2May

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China, Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Yu Lihua, writer

Yu Lihua a Chinese-American writer who authored at least 45 works of fiction died on On 1 May 2020 due to COVID-19 in Washington. Yu Lihua was born in Shanghai and went to university in Taiwan, taking history at National Taiwan University. Then she went to the United States to do a graduate degree in journalism at UCLA and then to teach Chinese literature in the Department of Comparative University at the State University of New York. Her work was published both in English and in Chinese.

2May

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France, Noteworthy, Profiles

Jean-Marc Manducher, sports executive

Jean-Marc Manducher a French businessperson and sports executive died on 30 April 2020 in Bourg-en-Bresse at the age of 71 due to COVID-19. Hospitalized in March 2020, Manducher was placed on a ventilator. He was President of Oyonnax Rugby from 1995 to 2015, and then was Vice-President of the French National Rugby League. Manducher served as Managing Director of Ronax, an economics interest group in the plastics industry, from 1995 to 2012. He also became President of Oyonnax Rugby in 1995. The club won the Rugby Pro D2 Championship in 2013, earning them a promotion to the Top 14. At the start of 2015, Manducher suffered a heart attack, and stepped down from his position at Oyonnax Rugby. However, he would remain on the supervisory board. Manducher was a member of the dire...

1May

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Donald DiPetrillo, Firefighter

Donald DiPetrillo – the Chief of Fire Rescue, Seminole Tribe Fire-Rescue, Hollywood, Florida – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 1 May, 2020. Donald was 70 years old. The Seminole Tribe of Florida mourned the death of their fire chief, Donald DiPetrillo, after contracting the coronavirus. “Chief DiPetrillo understood that success in life was about just being nice. If you care for people, the rest takes care of itself,” said William Latchford, Executive Director of Public Safety for the Seminole Tribe. “His care, commitment, and leadership for over 50 years of service, helped shape the future of the fire service, not only within the Seminole Tribe, but also in the State of Florida.” DiPetrillo joined the Navy in ...

Sylvie Vincent, anthropologist and ethnologist

1May

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Canada, Noteworthy, Profiles

Sylvie Vincent, anthropologist and ethnologist

Sylvie Vincent a Canadian anthropologist and ethnologist died of COVID-19 on 30 April 2020 at the age of 79. Vincent was editor-in-chief of the magazine Recherches amérindiennes au Québec, which she co-founded in the early 1970s. In 1972, she began working with the Innu writer Joséphine Bacon, who helped Vincent as an interpreter. During her various projects, Vincent worked with numerous First Nations tribes of Canada, such as the Cree, the Algonquins, and the Wyandots. Throughout her career, she collaborated with many well-known anthropologists, such as Bernard Arcand, Serge Bouchard, José Mailhot, and Rémi Savard. In 2009, Vincent received the Prix des Dix for her remarkable, personal contribution to the history of the First Nations of Quebec.

1May

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Mexico, Noteworthy, Profiles

Óscar Chávez, singer

Óscar Chávez a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor died on 30 April 2020 of COVID-19. He was 85. He was the major proponent of the Nueva Trova movement in Mexico in the 1960s and 1970s. Chavez studied theatre at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and went on to produce and act in several plays, movies and telenovelas in Mexico. He achieved international fame through his music. His songs "Por Ti" and "Macondo" are particularly well-known in Latin America. In addition, Chavez recorded many Mexican folk songs. Chavez was noted for his strong commitment to social causes and the left-wing ideas expressed in his lyrics. His discography spanned four decades.