Profiles – Page 123

Jose Ramon Izquierdo Sanz, General Practitioner

1Apr

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Medics, Profiles, Spain

Jose Ramon Izquierdo Sanz, General Practitioner

Jose Ramon Izquierdo Sanz – a General Practitioner in Cuenca, Spain – passed away on 31 March 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Jose was 61 years old. Source: Redaccion Medica Please help us in adding details.

Hilary Dwyer, actress, businessperson & film producer

31Mar

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United Kingdom

Hilary Dwyer, actress, businessperson & film producer

Hilary Dwyer aka Hilary Heath ‑ an English actress, businessperson, and film producer – passed away after contracting Covid-19 on 30 March 2020. She was best known for her acting roles in films such as Witchfinder General (1968) and Wuthering Heights (1970). She also performed on the London stage. In 1974, she married the talent agent Duncan Heath, with whom she had two children, and helped to found Duncan Heath Associates, which was later bought by ICM Partners. They divorced in 1989. Later in her career, under her married name, "Hilary Heath", she produced the feature film An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), as well as TV remakes of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca (1997) and Tennessee Williams's The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003)....

31Mar

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Algeria, Medics, Profiles

Si Ahmed El Mahdi, Surgeon

Si Ahmed El Mahdi – a Professor in Department of Surgery, Hospital Frantz-Fanon de Blida, Algeria – passed away on 30 March, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Mahdi was 58 years old. The announcement of the death of Pr Si Ahmed provoked an avalanche of reactions and comments on social networks. All internet users were unanimous in paying tribute to this gentleman who gave his life to save that of others. For their part, the employees of the surgery department of the University Hospital of Blida wrote in a moving message that “the family of Algerian surgery is in mourning. Dear father Professor Si Ahmed has just left us ”. Source: Observalgerie Please help us in adding details.

31Mar

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High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Ted Monette, militaryman

Theodore A. Monette Jr. ‑ an American army colonel who had served as FEMA director of the Office of Federal Coordinating Officer Operations – died on March 30, 2020 due to Covid-19. Monette was a graduate of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. He joined the Federal Emergency Management Agency after serving 30 years in the U.S. Army. He was the senior federal official in charge of response and recovery operations after the 2001 September 11 attack on New York City. He also guided the response and relief effort after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Monette was a veteran of the Vietnam War and the Persian Gulf wars. He died during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Massachusetts after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and was buried...

31Mar

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Kevin Graiani, Nurse

Kevin Graiani – a Nurse in Garnerville, New York – passed away on 30 March, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Kevin was 56 years old. Source: Scanlan Funeral Home Please help us in adding details.

31Mar

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Ecuador, Noteworthy, Profiles

Manuel Adolfo Varas, journalist

Manuel Adolfo Varas Varas ‑ an Ecuadorian broadcaster, sports journalist and lawyer – died on March 30, 2020 from Covid-19. Varas, who co-founded Radio Caravana 750 AM and reported from the station for 39 years, was considered a pioneer of sports journalism in Ecuador and one of the country's best known sports journalists. Varas was a lawyer by training, but spent more than 55 years as a sports journalist and commentator. His career began on the América radio station in 1964. He broadcast from the 1966 Copa Libertadores games. He then worked at a series of stations and radio shows focused on athletics, including Sucesos, Bolívar, Mambo (as a guest commentator), Noticia, and La Fabulosa. He also wrote for El Universo. In 1985, Varas joined with colleagues to found a...

31Mar

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Medics, Profiles, Ukraine

Igor Kuninets, Pathologist

Igor Kuninets – a Pathologist in BilaTserkva, Ukraine – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 30 March 2020. Igor was 46 years old. The doctor was taken to the hospital in serious condition - his lungs almost did not work. The man was connected to a ventilator, but he could not be saved. Source: Fakty Please help us in adding details.

31Mar

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Congo, Noteworthy, Profiles

Joachim Yhombi-Opango, politician

Jacques Joachim Yhombi-Opango, a Congolese politician, died on 30 March 2020 after suffering from Covid-19. He was an army officer who became Congo-Brazzaville's first general and served as Head of State of the People's Republic of the Congo from 1977 to 1979. He was the President of the Rally for Democracy and Development (RDD), a political party, and served as Prime Minister from 1993 to 1996. He was in exile from 1997 to 2007. Yhombi-Opango was born on 12 January 1939 in Fort Rousset (now Owando) in Cuvette Region, in the north of the Congo. He married Marie-Noëlle Ngollo, with whom he had several children. Under President Marien Ngouabi, Yhombi-Opango was Army Chief of Staff (with the rank of major); he was suspended from that position on 30 July 1970, but subs...

31Mar

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Hazel P. Mijares, Nurse

Hazel P. Mijares – a Licensed Practical Nurse at Amsterdam Nursing Home, New York City – passed away on 30 March 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Hazel was 66 years old. Source: Instagram Please help us in adding details.

31Mar

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Germany, Noteworthy, Profiles

Wilhelm Burmann, dancer

Wilhelm "Willy" Burmann ‑ a German dancer, ballet master, and teacher – succumbed to Covid-19 on March 30, 2020. Burmann was born on April 3, 1939 in Oberhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, where he grew up on a farm. He had one sister, Chrystal Weideman. He began training as a dancer when he was fifteen years old. Burmann was a principal dancer for companies including Frankfurt Ballet, Grand Théâtre du Genève, and Stuttgart Ballet. He also danced with companies including New York City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, and New Jersey Ballet. Burmann retired from dancing in 1977. Burmann was a ballet master at the Washington Ballet and the Ballet du Nord. He was also known for his professional dance classes at St...