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Profiles

Maria Mercader, journalist
30Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Maria Mercader, journalist

Maria Carla Mercader ‑ an American journalist and news producer who worked for CBS News for over three decades – succumbed to Covid-19 on March 29, 2020.   For her work producing a CBS feature report about computer spam, Mercader won a business Emmy Award in 2004. In 2020, she died of COVID-19 during its pandemic in New York City.   Mercader was born on November 28, 1965, in New York City to Manuel and Gladys Mercader. She studied at Dominican Academy, then at the College of New Rochelle, where she graduated in 1987.   Mercader started working for CBS News in 1987 as a page in the company's page program, then began her news career at CBS Newspath, where she produced pieces for distribution at CBS' affiliates. She also worked on the netwo...
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Thomas Harvey, Healthcare Assistant
30Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Thomas Harvey, Healthcare Assistant

Thomas Harvey – a Healthcare Assistant at North East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, England – passed away on 29 March, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Thomas was 57 years old. Mr Harvey was signed off sick from the hospital in Ilford on 11 March after developing symptoms including a cough, shortness of breath and body aches. Source: BBC Please help us in adding details.
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Alan Merrill, vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, actor & model
30Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Alan Merrill, vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, actor & model

Alan Merrill ‑ an American vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, actor and model – passed away on March 29, 2020 after contracting Covid-19.   In the early 1970s, Merrill was the first Westerner to achieve pop star status in Japan. He was the writer of, and lead singer on, the first released version of the song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", which was recorded by the Arrows in 1975. The song became a breakthrough hit for Joan Jett in 1982.   Merrill was primarily a vocalist and songwriter, but also played the guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, and keyboards.   Merrill was born in The Bronx, New York City on February 19, 1951, the son of two jazz musicians, singer Helen Merrill and saxophone/clarinet player Aaron Sachs. He went to Aiglon Colle...
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Tomas Oneborg, photographer
30Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles

Tomas Oneborg, photographer

Tomas Krister Oneborg ‑ a Swedish photographer – died from Covid-19 on 29 March 2020.   Oneborg was born in Hägersten outside Stockholm and was employed as a press photographer at Svenska Dagbladet from 1986 until his death. His photos of the aftermath of the 2017 Stockholm truck attack, which left five people dead, were awarded a second place prize at Photo of the Year.   Oneborg died at his home in Stockholm on 29 March 2020 from COVID-19.
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Francis Rapp, historian
30Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
France, Noteworthy, Profiles

Francis Rapp, historian

Francis Rapp ‑ a French medievalist specializing in the history of Alsace and medieval Germany – succumbed to Covid-19 on 29 March 2020.   An emeritus university professor, he was a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres since 1993.   Born in Strasbourg, the son of lawyer Léon Rapp, Rapp was born into a Catholic and patriotic family. He did his secondary studies at the Jean Sturm Gymnasium and practiced scouting within the Scouts de France. Breaking with forced incorporation, he joined a clandestine scouting group that gathered about twenty young people at the Mont Sainte-Odile from December 1942. At the end of the 1960s he joined the Association des Guides et Scouts d'Europe and was commissioner of the Alsace Province ...
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Guillermo Aguilar, general practitioner
29Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Panama, Profiles

Guillermo Aguilar, general practitioner

Guillermo Aguilar – a general practitioner and a professor in Centro Regional Universitario de San Miguelito, San Miguelito, Panama – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Prof. Guillermo Aguilar was also the director of the León A. Soto school in San Miguelito. Source: Panama Press Please help us in adding details.
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