Noteworthy – Page 6

7Jun

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Germany, Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Dietmar Seyferth, professor

Dietmar Seyferth ‑ an emeritus professor of chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – succumbed to Covid-19 on June 6, 2020. He published widely on topics in organometallic chemistry and was the founding editor of the journal Organometallics. Seyferth was born in 1929 in Chemnitz, Germany and received his college education at the University of Buffalo. His PhD thesis dealt with main group chemistry under the mentorship of Eugene G. Rochow at Harvard. He spent his entire academic career at MIT, focusing initially on organophosphorus, organosilicon, and organomercury chemistry. He also contributed to organocobalt chemistry and organoiron chemistry, e.g. the popularization of Fe2S2(CO)6. He died on Saturday, June 6, 2020, due to complications from COVID-19....

6Jun

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Brazil, Noteworthy, Profiles

Carlos Lessa, economist

Carlos Francisco Theodoro Machado Ribeiro de Lessa, better known as Carlos Lessa was a Brazilian economist and professor. He died from Covid-19 on June 5, 2020. Born in July 30, 1936 in Rio de Janeiro to a wealthy family, Lessa studied at private schools in his native city. In 1959, he graduated in economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and later got a Master's degree at Conselho Nacional de Economia. In 1980 he finished his doctor's degree in Human sciences at University of Campinas. Lessa worked as a professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and at the Rio Branco Institute, the Brazilian diplomatic graduate school. In 2002, Lessa was elected Rector of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. It was his post for a brief period of time betw...

5Jun

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India, Noteworthy, Profiles

Anil Suri, movie producer

Bollywood producer Anil Suri ‑ who had backed films like Raaj Kumar-Rekha starrer Karmayogi and Raaj Tilak ‑ passed away due to coronavirus on June 4, 2020. He was 77. Anil’s brother, film producer Rajiv Suri, said he had fever on June 2 but his condition worsened the next day with breathlessness. “He was rushed to the top hospitals, Lilavati and Hinduja, but both denied him a bed,” Rajiv claimed. “He was then taken to Advanced Multispeciality Hospital on Wednesday (June 3) night. He had COVID-19. On Thursday (June 4) evening, they said something is amiss and he was put on ventilator. He died around 7:00 pm,” Rajiv told PTI. Last rites of Anil were held on June 5, 2020, at Oshiwara cremation ground with four close family members attending it wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)....

5Jun

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Brazil, Noteworthy, Profiles

Dulce Nunes, actress

Dulce Pinto Bressane aka Dulce Nunes or Dulce Bressane ‑ a Brazilian actress and singer-songwriter of the genre MPB – died on June 4, 2020 after suffering from Covid-19. As a singer-songwriter, Nunes released three studio albums between 1964 and 1968, one of them alongside Carlos Lyra. She also collaborated as special guest in several albums by her then husband Egberto Gismonti. Outside her musical career, Nunes also ventured into cinema, acting in four Feature films between 1949 and 1967. Nunes was also an architect and owned Bressane Arquitetura & Interiores, an architecture firm in Rio de Janeiro. Nunes was married two times. First to pianist Bené Nunes breaking up in 1965 and later to fellow musician Egberto Gismonti between 1968-76. Nunes died in ...

3Jun

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Chris Trousdale, singer & actor

Chris Trousdale ‑ an American singer and actor – passed away on June 2, 2020 due to coronavirus. He was a member of the boyband Dream Street, working with Jesse McCartney, Frankie Galasso, Greg Raposo, and Matt Ballinger. Trousdale began his Broadway career when he was eight years old, touring with the production of Les Misérables, where he starred alongside Ashley Tisdale and after a successful run, moved to New York City at the age of ten, to join the Broadway production of the play with Ricky Martin and Lea Michele of Glee. While in New York, he joined the well known children's group The Broadway Kids (past members include Christy Carlson Romano, Jenna Ushkowitz, and Lacey Chabert) and performed in popular plays such as Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz...

1Jun

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India, Noteworthy, Profiles

Wajid Khan, music composer

Wajid Khan, Bollywood music composer, died on June 1, 2020, from complications due to suspected Covid-19 infection. The composer of Sajid-Wajid fame was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai and was reportedly on ventilator. Wajid, who along with his brother Sajid Khan produced music for many Bollywood hits including Dabangg, Wanted and Jai Ho, had been suffering from kidney problem for the past few years. Sanjay Tandon of the Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS) confirmed the news to a website, saying that he had received a message that he was not well and that he had been hospitalised. Singer Sonu Nigam was among the first A-listers to confirm the news. "Mybrother Wajid left us," he posted on his official Instagram handle sonunigamofficial Sajid-Wajid were the sons of tabla...

30May

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Brazil, Noteworthy, Profiles

Célio Taveira, footballer

Célio Taveira Filho ‑ a Brazilian footballer who played as a striker – died in hospital in João Pessoa on 29 May 2020, aged 79, from COVID-19. At the time of his death Taveira had four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.. Born in Santos, Taveira played for Portuguesa Santista, Ponte Preta, Jabaquara, Vasco da Gama, Nacional, Corinthians and Operário. He scored 100 goals for Vasco, being the club's 16th top goalscorer. For Nacional he scored 22 goals in the Copa Libertadores, being the 3rd highest Brazilian goalscorer in the competition. He retired at the age of 32 after injuring his collarbone in a collision with Rivelino in training. He earned 3 caps for the Brazilian national team. He was the last player to be cut from the...

30May

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Evaldo Gouveia, singer-songwriter

Evaldo Gouveira de Oliveira ‑ a Brazilian singer-songwriter of the genre MPB. – passed away after contracting Covid-19 on May 29, 2020. Born in Orós, a small city in the Brazilian state of Ceará, he moved with his family to neighboring city of Iguatu with only 3 months old. At the age 11, he moved to his birth state capital city of Fortaleza where he started his precocious musical carrer. There in the 1950s he created and joined a band called Trio Nagô with his fellow friends Mário Alves and Epaminondas de Souza, releasing six studio albums and various extended plays. Eventually, Gouveia went to Rio de Janeiro in order to pursue a solo career, and achieved stardom due to his friendship with fellow singer Altemar Dutra, who helped Gouveia by s...

29May

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Noteworthy, Pakistan, Profiles

Fakhruddin Syed, journalist

Fakhruddin Syed, a Pakistani senior journalist of 92 News, died of COVID-19 on 28 May 2020. He had been admitted to the Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar after contracting the coronavirus and had been suffering from fever and severe chest pain for the week preceding his death.

Robert M. Laughlin, anthropologist & linguist

29May

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Robert M. Laughlin, anthropologist & linguist

Robert Moody Laughlin ‑ an American anthropologist and linguist, and a curator at the Smithsonian Institution – died of Covid-19 on May 28, 2020. His research focused on the indigenous Maya peoples of Chiapas, Mexico and the Tzotzil language. In 1975, he published The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán, containing 30,000 entries. He also published works on other aspects of Tzotzil culture, such as folktales and ethnobotany, and helped to found a local writer's cooperative, Sna Jtz'ibajom, and a theatre troupe. His work is credited with helping to standardize how the Tzotzil language is written and with reviving interest in indigenous languages in the region. Laughlin died of COVID-19 in Arlington, Virginia.