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Dr Roberto Peñalba, Pediatric specialist
29Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Profiles, United States

Dr Roberto Peñalba, Pediatric specialist

Panamanian Pediatric specialist, Dr. Roberto Peñalba, 59, died on March 28, 2020, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Panamanian doctor who tested positive for Covid-19 after returning to Panama and having participated in the National Zalsa Day and other danceable events in Puerto Rico, allegedly died of complications related to the virus. The information about the pediatrician, identified as Roberto Peñalba, was communicated on Twitter and confirmed to NotiCel by Richie Viera, producer of the radio program Nación Z. This, in turn, informed NotiCel of having received the information from another Panamanian journalist, Álvaro Alvarado, former anchor of the RPCTV Panama channel. In the middle of this month, the doctor became the sixth coronavirus-positive case in Panama. After learning abo...
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Joel Carpio Mendoza, Nuclear Medicine Physician
29Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Philippines, Profiles

Joel Carpio Mendoza, Nuclear Medicine Physician

Joel Carpio Mendoza - a Nuclear Medicine Physician at The Medical City Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 29 March, 2020. Dr. Joel Carpio Mendoza was a nuclear medicine physician at The Medical City Clark Freeport Zone in  Pampanga. He was also a nuclear medicine and PET/CT consultant at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute East Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines. A medical school classmate, Niña Medina Gonzalez, remembered him as quiet student. "He was never much of a talker but was always dependable during duties, preceptorials," she said in a post on Facebook. "He was very hardworking and intelligent, selflessly brought his own printer for everyone to use  a...
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Dr Fevzi Aksoy, neurologist & academic
29Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles

Dr Fevzi Aksoy, neurologist & academic

Dr Fevzi Aksoy –a Turkish sports writer, medical doctor, neurologist and academic – died on 28 March 2020 after contracting Covid-19.   He graduated from Pertevniyal High School in 1947. He continued his education at the Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine and graduated in 1953. He received the title of "Associate Professor" in 1968 and "Professor" in 1982. He worked on EEG and epilepsy in Germany between 1960–1967.   He worked in the Istanbul University Psychology Clinic and later worked as the head of Health, Culture and Sports Department of Istanbul University. He subsequently worked as an academic member of Istanbul Anatolian Sports Academy, Eskişehir Health Academy and Istanbul University Sports Vocational School. H...
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José Tomás Mijimolle, Pharmacist
29Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, Spain

José Tomás Mijimolle, Pharmacist

José TomásMijimolle – a Pharmacist (retired) at ColegioOficial de Farmacéuticos, Madrid, Spain – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 28 March, 2020. Jose was 80 years old. Source:EL GLOBAL Please help us in adding details.
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Kerstin Behrendtz
29Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles

Kerstin Behrendtz

Clary Kerstin Margareta Behrendtz (18 August 1950 – 28 March 2020) was a Swedish radio presenter and director of music for Sveriges Radio's programmes. Biography She worked for Sveriges Radio, where she worked as a director who selected songs to be played in the radio stations programmes. She retired on 31 August 2017. On 7 October 2017, Behrendtz presented Jukeboxen on Sveriges Radio P4. She was part of the selection committee that decided what songs would take part in Melodifestivalen 2014. She was also part of the selection committee for the Swedish Music Hall of Fame from 2014 until her death. Behrendtz was between 1972 and 1977 married to film director Thomas Samuelsson and they had two children together. Behrendtz died on 28 March 2020 after suffering from...
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Chato Galante, pro-democracy activist
29Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, Spain

Chato Galante, pro-democracy activist

José María Galante Serrano, best known as Chato Galante –a Spanish pro-democracy activist – succumbed to Covid-19 on 28 March 2020.   Onetime political prisoner during the Franco era, he was tortured by Antonio González Pacheco. He died after suffering from COVID-19 in March 2020, aged 71.
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William B. Helmreich, sociologist
29Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

William B. Helmreich, sociologist

William Helmreich –a professor of sociology at the City College of New York Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York – died on March 28, 2020 due to Covid-19.   Helmreich, a published author, was a distinguished professor at the City University of New York, who specialized in race and ethnic relations, religion, immigration, risk behavior, the sociology of New York City, urban sociology, consumer behavior, and market research.   Helmreich was born in 1945 in Zürich, Switzerland, the son of Holocaust survivor parents. In 1946, he was brought to the US as an infant, and grew up in New York City on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.   Helmreich wrote about his early ye...
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Denise Millet, illustrator & comic book artist
29Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
France, Noteworthy, Profiles

Denise Millet, illustrator & comic book artist

Denise Millet –a French illustrator and comic book artist – died from Covid-19 on 28 March 2020. She worked with her husband, Claude Millet.   The works of Claude and Denise Millet spanned from 1976 to 2019 and included nearly 200 titles. The pair collaborated with Bayard Presse, and designed the comic strip Pic et Pik, written by Stéphanie Janicot. They also drew a biographical comic of Martin Luther King, Jr., written by Benoît Marchon.   Besides comics, Millet worked in advertising, communication, and cinema. She, along with Claude, designed the poster for I Hate Actors (1986), which was nominated for the César Award for Best Poster.   Denise Millet died on 28 March 2020 at the age of 86 in Lariboisière Hospit...
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