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Francesco Saverio Pavone, magistrate
17Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
High Profilers, Italy, Profiles

Francesco Saverio Pavone, magistrate

Francesco Saverio Pavone –an Italian magistrate, chief of the Procura di Venezia for several years – died of Covid-19 on 16 March 2020.   Born in Taranto on March 25, 1944, he worked for several years as a clerk of the court, where he had won a competitive examination in the late 1970s. In 1980 he took up service in the courthouse in Venice, first in the role of judge in the court and then as prosecutor. In the lagoon city he dealt with investigations on organized crime and kidnappings. In 1988 Pavone's "pool" (group of magistrates in the same case) brought to light the complete organization chart of the Mala del Brenta which was wreaking havoc in Veneto, investigations that led in 1994 to the trial that dismantled the Mala del Brenta, with Felice...
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Fariborz Raisdana, economist
17Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles

Fariborz Raisdana, economist

Fariborz Raisdana –an Iranian economist, socialist, activist, professor, and a member of the Iranian Writers' Association – succumbed to Covid-19 on 16 March 2020.   Raisdana graduated from The London School of Economics. He was the author of numerous articles and books, including Applied Development Economics; Money and Inflation; Political Economy of Development, and Globalization.   Raisdana was arrested on March 21, 2012 in Tehran after criticizing the Iranian subsidy reform plan in an interview with BBC Persian and given a one-year sentence at Evin Prison, for a series of charges including "membership in the Writer's Association, preparing seditious announcements against the regime, giving interviews to BBC and VOA, and accusing the...
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Dr Luigi Ablondi, Epidemiologist
17Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Italy, Medics, Profiles

Dr Luigi Ablondi, Epidemiologist

Dr Luigi Ablondi, 66, an epidemiologist and former director of the Crema Hospital (CR), Lombardy, passed away from Covid-19 on March 16, 2020. Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208607002/luigi-ablondi Please help us in adding details.
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Patricia Frieson, Nurse
17Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United States

Patricia Frieson, Nurse

Patricia Frieson – a Nurse (retired) in Chicago, Illinois – passed away on 16 March, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Patricia was 61 years old. Her first nursing job had been at a nursing home, followed by a hospital in West Helena, Ark., then a regional hospital across the river in Mississippi. She’d then turned to travel nursing, which took her to hospitals across the South for varying periods of time, later returning to the hospital in Mississippi to be near her grandmother. Source: Chicago Sun Times Please help us in adding details.
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Soheil Kianfar, Urologist
17Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Iran, Medics, Profiles

Soheil Kianfar, Urologist

Soheil Kianfar – a Urologist at Pars Hospital, Rasht, Iran – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Soheil was 43 years old. Source: Iran Hrm Please help us in adding details.
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Vittorio Gregotti, architect
16Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
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Vittorio Gregotti, architect

Vittorio Gregotti –an Italian architect, born in Novara – died due to coronavirus on 15 March 2020.   He was seen as both a member of the Neo-Avant Garde and a key figure in 1970s Postmodernism.   Gregotti was born in Novara, in the Italian Piedmont, and attended the Politecnico di Milano. He worked as a contributor to Casabella, an architectural magazine, and was its editor-in-chief from 1955 to 1963. Gregotti founded his own studio, Gregotti Associati International, in 1974 but also lectured on architectural theory and curated several exhibits in Italy.   His studio has designed several important sports venues and cultural buildings, such as the Barcelona Olympic Stadium, the Belém Cultural Center in Lisbon, the Arcimboldi Opera T...
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