Noteworthy – Page 18

19Apr

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Terry Doran, music manager

Terence James Doran ‑ an English luxury car dealer, pop music manager and music publishing executive, best known for his association with the Beatles – succumbed to Covid-19 on 18 April 2020. With Beatles manager Brian Epstein, he co-owned Brydor Cars in the 1960s, supplying sportscars to many figures in the Swinging London era, including the Beatles and members of the Rolling Stones and the Moody Blues. In 1967, he became the manager of Apple Publishing, the first appointment in the Beatles' Apple Corps business organisation. He also managed the Apple artists Grapefruit and Mary Hopkin. He was a personal assistant to John Lennon and then George Harrison. Throughout the 1970s, he worked as Harrison's estate manager at Friar Park in Oxfordshire and assisted in rest...

Iris Cornelia Love, archaeologist and dog breeder

18Apr

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Iris Cornelia Love, archaeologist and dog breeder

Iris Cornelia ‑ Love an American classical archaeologist ‑ Love died on April 17, 2020 at New York-Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan of Covid-19. Love was best known for the rediscovery of the Temple of Aphrodite, Knidos. In 1933, Iris Love was born in New York to Cornelius Love and Audrey Josephthal, a maternal great great granddaughter of Meyer Guggenheim. From an early age, she was interested in archaeology and art history, encouraged experts who frequented her parents' home, such as Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art James Rorimer and archaeologist Gisela Richter. Love completed her Bachelor of Arts at Smith College, which included a year abroad at the University of Florence. During the pursuit of her bachelor...

18Apr

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Giuseppi Logan, jazz musician

Giuseppi Logan ‑ a jazz musician ‑ died on April 17, 2020 at a nursing facility in Far Rockaway, Queens from COVID-19. Logan taught himself to play piano and drums before switching to reeds at the age of 12. At the age of 15 he began playing with Earl Bostic and later studied at the New England Conservatory. In 1964 he relocated to New York and became active in the free jazz scene. Logan played alto and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, piano and oboe. He collaborated with Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders and Bill Dixon before forming his own quartet made up of pianist Don Pullen, bassist Eddie Gómez and percussionist Milford Graves. After Pullen's departure, pianist Dave Burrell joined the group. Logan was a member of Byard Lancaster's band and toure...

Cinthia Marín Guerrero, Radiology Technician

18Apr

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Cinthia Marín Guerrero, Radiology Technician

Cinthia Marín Guerrero - a Radiology Technician at IMSS Unidad de Medicina Familiar No 39, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 17 April 2020. Guerrero was 32 years old. A law graduate, it was hoped that due to her youth, just 32 years old, Cinthya would manage to overcome this disease after her condition became complicated and she had to be connected to a ventilator. Source: Pericu Collective Please help us in adding details.

18Apr

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Norman Hunter, footballer

Norman Hunter ‑ an English footballer – died on April 17 2020 due COVID‑19. Hunter played for Leeds United, Bristol City, Barnsley and England. He was part of the 1966 FIFA World Cup winning squad, receiving a winner's medal in 2007. He was the first winner of the PFA Players' Player of the Year award in 1974, and was included in the Football League 100 Legends. A tough tackling centre-half and defensive midfielder, he was nicknamed "Bites Yer Legs" Hunter. The nickname originated from a banner held up by Leeds United fans at the 1972 FA Cup Final against Arsenal; the banner read "Norman bites yer legs". He played 726 games in total for Leeds, scoring 21 goals. Hunter was born in Eighton Banks, Gateshead, in 1943 and joined Leeds at t...

18Apr

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Gene Shay, disc jockey

Gene Shay ‑ an American radio personality ‑ died at the age of 85, on April 17, 2020 from COVID-19 in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. Shay was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was a representative of the city's folk music scene. He produced weekly folk radio shows since 1962 (now on WXPN and his final show on WXPN was on February 1, 2015; previously heard on WDAS-FM, WMMR, WIOQ and WHYY-FM). A founder of the annual Philadelphia Folk Festival and its emcee since its inception, he has been called the "Dean of American folk DJs" by The Philadelphia Daily News and "The Grandfather of Philadelphia Folk Music" by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Shay also served as a host for the online "Folk Alley" stream originating at Kent State University stati...

18Apr

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Matthew Seligman, bass guitarist

Matthew Seligman ‑ an English bass guitarist – died on April 17 2020 in St George’s Hospital London battling COVID-19. Seligman was best known for his association with the new wave music scene of the 1980s. Seligman was a member of The Soft Boys and the Thompson Twins, and was a sideman for Thomas Dolby. Seligman was also a member of Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club and The Dolphin Brothers, and backed David Bowie at his performance at Live Aid in 1985. Seligman was born in Cyprus, and his family moved to the UK eight months after his birth, settling in Wimbledon. Influenced by Paul McCartney, Free’s Andy Fraser, and Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads, he learned bass. Seligman was a founding member of Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club, w...

18Apr

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Arlene Saunders, operatic soprano

Arlene Saunders ‑ an American spinto soprano opera singer ‑ died in New York City on April 17, 2020 at the age of 89 from COVID-19. After making her operatic debut as Rosalinde von Eisenstein, in Die Fledermaus, with the National Opera Company in 1958, she made her first appearance with the New York City Opera in 1961, as Giorgetta in Il tabarro (conducted by Julius Rudel). With that company, she soon sang in Carmen (as Micaëla), La bohème (as Mimì), Louise (opposite Norman Treigle as the Père), Die lustige Witwe and Don Giovanni (as Donna Elvira). In 1964, Saunders began a relationship with the Hamburg State Opera, with whom she made films of Le nozze di Figaro (as the Contessa, 1967), Der Freischütz (1968), and Die Meistersinger (with ...

18Apr

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Lukman Niode, swimmer

Lukman Niode ‑ an Indonesian swimmer ‑ died on 17 April 2020 in Pelni Hospital in Jakarta at the age of 56, due to COVID-19. Lukman competed in three events at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the heats in all three events.

17Apr

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Bennie Gene Adkins, soldier

Bennie Gene Adkins ‑ a United States Army soldier – died on April 17 2020 battling Covid-19. Adkins received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Vietnam War. In March 1966 Adkins distinguished himself during a 38-hour close-combat battle against North Vietnamese Army forces during the Battle of A Shau. At the time of the cited action, Adkins was a sergeant first class serving as an Intelligence Sergeant with Detachment A-102, 5th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces. Adkins was born in Waurika, Oklahoma and was drafted in 1956. He was assigned to a garrison unit in Germany, with a follow-on assignment to the 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Georgia. After attending Airborne School, he volunteered for...