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Robert Lancaster, Psychiatrist
18Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United States

Robert Lancaster, Psychiatrist

Robert Lancaster – a Psychiatrist in New Orleans, Louisiana – passed away on 17 March, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Robert was 98 years old. Born in Bolton, Mississippi on November 8, 1921, he was a long-time resident of New Orleans. Beloved and esteemed by those fortunate to know him, he was affectionately referred to as "Dr. Bob." Source: Legacy Please help us in adding details.
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Jesús Vaquero Crespo, neurosurgeon
18Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, Spain

Jesús Vaquero Crespo, neurosurgeon

Jesús Vaquero Crespo ‑ a Spanish neurosurgeon ‑ died on 17 April 2020 due to COVID-19.    He was a pioneer on the treatment of medullary injuries. Born in Madrid in 1950, he became chief of Neurosurgery of the Hospital Puerta de Hierro in 1992. He was also full professor of the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and also held the Chair of Neuroscience of the Rafael del Pino Foundation.
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Stephen Schwartz, pathologist
18Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
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Stephen Schwartz, pathologist

Stephen Schwartz –an American pathologist at the University of Washington – died due to coronavirus on March 17, 2020.   He researched vascular biology, investigating the structure of blood vessels and smooth muscle cells.   Schwartz received a Bachelor of Arts in biology from Harvard University in 1963 and a Doctor of Medicine from Boston University in 1967. He started a residency at the University of Washington in 1967, also receiving his Ph.D. in pathology from the institution in 1973. He was the Associate Chief of Pathology at the United States Navy Medical Center from 1973 to 1974.   At the University of Washington, he was an assistant professor of pathology from 1974 to 1979, an associate professor from 1979 to 1984, and then a full ...
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Nicolas Alfonsi, politician
17Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
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Nicolas Alfonsi, politician

Nicolas Alfonsi –a French politician, member of the Senate of France, representing the department of Corse-du-Sud – succumbed to coronavirus on 16 March 2020.   He was born in Cargèse, Corsica. He was a member of the Radical Party of the Left, and was by profession a lawyer. Alfonsi died on 16 March 2020 of COVID-19.  
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Sergio Bassi, singer & songwriter
17Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Italy, Noteworthy, Profiles

Sergio Bassi, singer & songwriter

Sergio Bassi –an Italian folk singer-songwriter – died from Covid-19 on 16 March 2020.   Sergio was raised by his maternal grandparents in a small hamlet in Codogno, Lombardy. After adulthood, he moved to Legnano, later to Piacenza, then he lived in San Francesco al Campo for seven years. Later, he returned to his hometown.   During the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, he contracted novel coronavirus. On 16 March, he died from the infection in Crema.
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Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani, politician
17Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
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Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani, politician

Sayyid Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani –an Iranian Shia Marja' and representative of the Tehran Province in Iran's Assembly of Experts – died on 16 March 2020 from coronavirus.   He studied at the Qom Seminary.   Bathaie ran under the People's Experts and the Friends of Moderation electoral list in the 2016 Iranian Assembly of Experts election.   Golpayegani claimed that "America is the source of coronavirus, because America went head to head with China and realised it cannot keep up with it economically or militarily."   On February 22, Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani announced at a ceremony that he had been infected with COVID-19, but had healed himself using an "Islamic remedy".   Three weeks ...
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