Sunday, June 21

Profiles

Ellis Marsalis Jr, jazz pianist
2Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Ellis Marsalis Jr, jazz pianist

Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr. ‑ an American jazz pianist and educator – died from Covid-19 complications on April 1, 2020.   Active since the late 1940s, Marsalis came to greater attention in the 1980s and 1990s as the patriarch of a musical family, with sons Branford and Wynton also becoming notable musicians.   Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Marsalis was the son of Florence Marie (née Robertson) and Ellis Marsalis Sr., a businessman and social activist. Marsalis and his wife Delores Ferdinand had six sons: Branford, Wynton, Ellis III, Delfeayo, Mboya, and Jason. Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo, and Jason also became jazz musicians. Ellis III is a poet and photographer.   Marsalis played saxophone during high school but switched to piano while st...
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Richard Passman, aeronautical engineer
2Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Richard Passman, aeronautical engineer

Richard Passman ‑ an aeronautical engineer and space scientist from the United States – succumbed to Covid-19 virus on April 1, 2020. He worked on projects including the Corona, the first spy satellite. He was a volunteer in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and author. Passman was born in Cedarhurst, New York to Ethel and Matthew Passman. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in aeronautical engineering in 1944 and mathematics in 1946. He earned a master's in aeronautical engineering in 1947. He joined the Navy Pilot Training program during WWII, but was discharged for medical reasons. He worked for Bell Aircraft, General Electric, the U.S. Department of Energy, and Grumman Corp. Passman worked on the team that created Bell X-1, the first airplane to ...
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Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitarist
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Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitarist

John Paul "Bucky" Pizzarelli, an American jazz guitarist, died due to Covid-19 on April 1, 2020 . He was the father of jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and double bassist Martin Pizzarelli. He worked for NBC as a staffman for Dick Cavett (1971) and ABC with Bobby Rosengarden in (1952). The list of musicians he collaborated with includes Benny Goodman, Les Paul, Stéphane Grappelli, and Antônio Carlos Jobim. Pizzarelli cited as influences Django Reinhardt, Freddie Green, and George Van Eps.   Pizzarelli was born on January 9, 1926, in Paterson, New Jersey. He learned to play guitar and banjo at a young age. His uncles, Pete and Bobby Domenick, were professional musicians, and sometimes the extended family would gather at one of their homes with the...
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Lyll Montes, Anaesthesiologist
2Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Lyll Montes, Anaesthesiologist

Lyll Montes – an Anaesthesiologist and Hospital Director at Hospital Central Antonio María Pineda, Barquisimeto, Venezuela – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 1 April 2020. Montes was 63 years old. Source: Facebook Please help us in adding details.
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Adam Schlesinger, singer & songwriter
2Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Adam Schlesinger, singer & songwriter

Adam Lyons Schlesinger ‑ an American singer-songwriter, record producer, bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, and drummer – passed away after suffering from Covid-19 on April 1, 2020.   He won three Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and the ASCAP Pop Music Award, and was nominated for Academy, Tony, and Golden Globe Awards.   He was a founding member of the bands Fountains of Wayne, Ivy, and Tinted Windows, and was a key songwriting contributor and producer for Brooklyn-based synth-pop duo Fever High. Schlesinger grew up in Manhattan and Montclair, New Jersey. He died in the United States due to complications brought on by COVID-19.     Schlesinger was born in New York City, the son of Barbara "Bobbi" (Bernthal), a publicist, and Stephen Schlesinger. He grew up in Manhattan ...
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Dora Werzberg, nurse & social worker
2Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Dora Werzberg, nurse & social worker

Dora Werzberg Amelan, a French nurse and social worker, succumbed to Covid-19 on 1 April 2020.   In 1942, she rescued Jewish children through Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE). She worked in the Camp de Rivesaltes and the Gurs internment camp, and took care of children who had survived the Nazi concentration camps. She died due to complications brought on by COVID-19.   Werzberg was born in Strasbourg, the daughter of Karl Werzberg and Gisèla Blum, who were Jewish emigrants from Poland. The family moved to Antwerp when Werzberg was ten, and stayed until the death of her mother and the invasion of Belgium by Nazi Germany. She then joined a Zionist youth movement.   Werzberg had two sisters, Manda, who died of sepsis in 1942, and Simone Be...
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Sister Sienna, septuagenarian nun
1Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Sister Sienna, septuagenarian nun

Sister Sienna died on April 1, 2020 Sister Sienna, a 73-year-old Indian member of the Missionaries of Charity in the United Kingdom, was admitted to Morriston Hospital in Swansea with complications of the viral infection and succumbed to the illness on April 1, 2020. The septuagenarian nun was working with the poor and destitute in Swansea, Wales, some 300 km west of London. She was involved in distributing food packets for those affected by the recent outbreak of coronavirus. A native of Jharkhand state in eastern India, Sister Sienna has served the community in North London until 2016. She was also active in the spiritual services of the Indian Catholic community. Matters India
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