Profiles – Page 106

7Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, Spain

Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, playwright

Josep Maria Benet i Jornet - a Spanish playwright and TV writer - died on 6 April 2020 due to coronavirus. He was born in Barcelona. In 1997, he was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi by the Catalan government. He died from COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic in Spain on 6 April 2020 at the age of 79.

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.

7Apr

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Alfonso Cortina, businessman

Alfonso Cortina de Alcocer - a Spanish businessman who was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Repsol YPF, Spain's largest oil and gas group - died on 6 April 2020 of COVID-19. Cortina was born on 13 March 1944 in Madrid. He graduated in Industrial Engineering and held a further degree in Economic Sciences. His father was Pedro Cortina Mauri, foreign minister during the Francoist dictatorship. He began his career in the banking sector, where he held various positions at BBVA, Banco Zaragozano and Banco Central. Alfonso Cortina de Alcocer became president of the Spanish oil firm Repsol in 1996 despite his lack of experience in the petroleum industry. He also served as Vice Chairman and Senior Advisor for Spain and Latin America, Rothschild Europe. He died on ...

Hossein Ahmad Miri, General Practitioner

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Iran, Medics, Profiles

Hossein Ahmad Miri, General Practitioner

Hossein Ahmad Miri - a Practitioner inKashan, Iran – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 7 April 2020. Source: Twitter Please help us in adding details.

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Israel, Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Mark Steiner, professor

Mark Steiner - an American-born Israeli professor of philosophy. He taught philosophy of mathematics and physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem - died on April 6, 2020 due to COVID-19. Mark Steiner was born in the Bronx, New York. He graduated from Columbia University , and studied at Oxford as a Fulbright Fellow and earned his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1972. Steiner taught at Columbia from 1970 – 77. Steiner is best known for his book The Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem, in which he attempted to explain the historical utility of mathematics in physics. The book may be considered an extended meditation on the issues raised by Eugene Wigner's article The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences. Steiner is also the aut...

Jesús Montarroso Martín, General Practitioner

7Apr

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Jesús Montarroso Martín, General Practitioner

Jesús Montarroso Martín – a Family Medicine/General Practitioner at Centro de Salud Avenida de los Institutos de Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, Spain – passed away After suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 7 April 2020. Martin was 64 years old. The College of Physicians wishes to show its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Dr. Jesús Montarroso Martín, Family doctor of the Avenida de los Institutas de Alcázar de San Juan Health Center (Ciudad Real), 64 years old. Source: NCR 24 Please help us in adding details.

7Apr

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Riay Tatary, religious leader

Riay Tatary Bakry - a Syrian religious leader, chairman of the Union of Islamic Communities of Spain ‑ - died on 6 April,2020 due to COVID-19. He was imam of the Central Mosque in Madrid, Spain, as well as president of the Islamic Commission of Spain. He was born in Damascus on 19 March 1948. He settled in Spain in 1970 and studied Medicine at the University of Oviedo. He took part in the advisory committee for Freedom of Religion of the Ministry of Justice, being endowed the Encomienda of the Order of Civil Merit in 1998. He was interned in March 2020 in the Hospital de la Paz due to COVID-19 along with his wife; Tatary died weeks later, on 6 April, at the age of 72. He was buried at the Muslim cemetery of Griñón.

Barbara Moore, Patient Discharge Planner

7Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Barbara Moore, Patient Discharge Planner

Barbara Moore- a Patient Discharge Planner at Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, England – passed away on 6 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Barbara was 54 years old. Barbara's dedication to her job meant patients returned "to their loved ones as soon and as simply as possible", an NHS spokeswoman said. The 54-year-old, who spent most of her career as a care worker for people with disabilities, worked in "one of our unsung hero roles", said Dianne Brown, chief nurse of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Source: BBC Please help us in adding details.

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France, Noteworthy, Profiles

Jacques Le Brun, historian

Jacques Le Brun ‑ a French historian who specialized in the study of Christianity in the 17th century – died on 6 April 2020 after suffering from coronavirus. Le Brun's first works were related to Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet. He was Director of Honorary Studies at the École pratique des hautes études, and the Chair of History of Modern Catholicism at the school. In addition to his research, he also edited the works of François Fénelon. Jacques Le Brun died on 6 April 2020 at the age of 88 after contracting Covid-19.

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Yaw Asante, Registered Nurse

Yaw Asante - a Registered Nurse at NYC Health+Hospitals/Lincoln, New York City – passed away on 6 April 2020, due to COVID-19. Yaw was 60 years old Yaw Asante, a registered nurse and NYSNA member at Lincoln Hospital, was taken by COVID-19 on April 6. In addition to his service in New York City Health + Hospitals, Mr. Asante had previously worked as a nurse in Correctional Health Services. Source: New York Nurses Association Please help us in adding details.