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Pearson Jordan, sprinter
29Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Barbados, Noteworthy, Profiles

Pearson Jordan, sprinter

Pearson G. Jordan –a Barbadian sprinter who competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics – died on 28 March 2020 from Covid-19.   Jordan competed for the Louisiana State University Tigers from 1976 to 1979. He was part of the championship 4 × 400 m relay in 1979.   Jordan died from complications due to COVID-19 on 28 March 2020, aged 69.
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Azam Khan, squash player
29Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Pakistan, Profiles

Azam Khan, squash player

Azam Khan –a Pakistani squash player who won the British Open four times between 1959 and 1962 – succumbed to Covid-19 on 28 March 2020.   This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Azam Khan" squash player – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)   His brother Hashim Khan and granddaughter Carla Khan were also squash players.   Azam was the second cousin of the two other leading Pakistani players of his time Roshan Khan and Nasrullah Khan, whose sons Rehmat Khan, Torsam Khan and Jahangir Khan ...
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Michel Tibon-Cornillot, anthropologist
29Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
France, Noteworthy, Profiles

Michel Tibon-Cornillot, anthropologist

Michel Tibon-Cornillot ‑ a French philosopher and anthropologist – passed away on 28 March 2020 due to Covid-19.   He directed research at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS). He had an interest in the evolution of technology in the field of biology, leading to his authoring of the book Les Corps transfigurés.   Tibon-Cornillot earned an agrégation and a doctorate in philosophy. He was highly interested in mathematics, and his discussions with René Thom led him to the philosophical fields of complexity and chaos. He worked at the Pasteur Institute's bacterial molecular genetics labs. He was also a lecturer in technical anthropology at EHESS. His research in the philosophy of science led him to work on iss...
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William Wolf, film critic
29Mar By Web Team1 Comment
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

William Wolf, film critic

William Wolf ‑ an American film and theater critic, and the author of several books – died of Covid-19 on March 28, 2020.   He was a film critic for Cue and New York magazines in the 1960s-1980s. Later, he was the president of the Drama Desk and the chairman of the New York Film Critics Circle. Wolf served two years as Chairman of the New York Film Critics Circle and was a member of the National Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Online, the Online Film Critics Society, PEN, the American Theatre Critics Association, the International Association of Theatre Critics, and the American Association of University Professors. He served for four years as President of the Drama Desk, an organization of critics and writers on the theater, and previously served ...
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Norman Jones, Cardiologist
28Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Italy, Medics, Profiles

Norman Jones, Cardiologist

Norman Jones – a Cardiologist, Former Cardiology Chief of the Trabattoni-Ronzoni Rehabilitation Center in Seregno, Como, Italy – passed away on 27 March, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Norman was 72 years old. Source: FNOMCEO Please help us in adding details.
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Noel Sinkiat
28Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Profiles, United States

Noel Sinkiat

Noel Sinkiat, 64, planned to retire in December after 41 years working as a nurse at Howard University Hospital. He would finally go on a long motorcycle trip with his friends. On March 27 he died of covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, according to his family. Sinkiat was the first member of National Nurses United, which represents about 150,000 health-care workers nationwide, to succumb to the virus, the union said. “It was so fast,” his wife, Lourdes Gerardo, said. As he was hospitalized at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center near their house in Olney, Md., Sinkiat’s condition deteriorated rapidly. Gerardo was able to see him only briefly, from behind a protective suit. Since her husband’s death, Gerardo has tested positive, so she could not pick up his body from t...
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Daniel Azulay, artist
28Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Brazil, Noteworthy, Profiles

Daniel Azulay, artist

Daniel Azulay –a Brazilian visual artist, comic book artist, and educator, with vast and diverse performance in the press and on TV as a draftsman – died of Covid-19 on March 27, 2020.   He is most known for the children's franchise Turma do Lambe-Lambe. He died due to complications brought on by COVID-19.   Azulay was born in Rio de Janeiro and raised in Ipanema. He was of Jewish origin and the youngest son of lawyer Fortunato and Clarita, who drew a classic design in Paris.   In 1968, he created the newspaper strip Capitão Cipó, published in the newspaper Correio da Manhã and in 1975, launched the Turma do Lambe-Lambe. Capitão Cipó was a parody on the sexual revolution and is visually a bit similar ...
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