Profiles – Page 39

10May

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Brazil, Noteworthy, Profiles

Sérgio Sant’Anna, writer

Sérgio Sant'Anna a Brazilian writer, born in the city of Rio de Janeiro died on May 10, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, after being hospitalized with symptoms of the Covid-19 disease. He wrote poems, plays, short stories, novellas and novels. His works have been translated to German and Italian. His works are heavily metafictional and had influenced a newer generation of Brazilian writers.

10May

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Belgium, Noteworthy, Profiles

Marc Engels, film sound engineer

Marc Engels –a Belgian film sound engineer who won the César Award for Best Sound in 2017 for his work on The Odyssey ‑ died of COVID-19 on 9 April 2020. His filmography includes Calvaire (2004), Komma (2006), Ex Drummer (2007) Outside the Law (2010), The Pack (2010), Largo Winch II (2011), A Happy Event (2011), Möbius (2013) À toute épreuve (2014), Prêt à tout (2014) Waste Land (2014), I'm Dead but I Have Friends (2015), Our Futures (2015), After Love (2016), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (2016) and The Odyssey (2016). He won César Award for Best Sound for The Odyssey (2017) and was nominated for Magritte Award for Best Sound for I'm Dead but I Have Friends (2016).

10May

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India, Kuwait, Medics, Profiles

Dr Vasudeva Rao, dentist

Dr Vasudeva Rao, 54, an Indian dentist in Kuwait, died from the novel coronavirus on May 9, 2020. He was the country's second medical professional to succumb to COVID-19, according to a media report. Dr Rao passed away in Jaber hospital where he was undergoing treatment for coronavirus infection, news website timeskuwait.com reported. A resident of Kuwait for about 15 years, Rao worked as an endodontist at Kuwait Oil Company, a subsidiary of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, a government-owned company. Rao was a member of Indian Dentists' Alliance in Kuwait, an organisation of Indian dental professionals in Kuwait. The organisation mourned his loss.

10May

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Germany, Noteworthy, Profiles

Johannes Beck, social ethicist

Johannes Beck SJ ‑ a German Jesuit and social ethicist – contracted Covid-19 and died due its complications on 9 May 2020. Beck joined the Jesuit order in 1948. After the theological training he received, on July 31, 1956 he was ordained at the St. Michael's Church in Munich. He was particularly involved in the worker and company pastoral care and campaigned for social justice and Catholic social teaching, in particular for the principle of solidarity in large industrial companies. Among other things, he served for many decades as a spiritual advisor to the Catholic Workers' Movement (KAB). As the successor to Franz Prinz SJ, he headed the Werkgemeinschaft christischer Arbeiter in Munich. From 1979 to 1991, Beck was director of the "Social Seminar" at M&...

Eden Cordova Lázaro, General Practitioner

10May

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Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Eden Cordova Lázaro, General Practitioner

Eden Cordova Lázaro – a Family Medicine/General Practitioner at Secretaría de Salud, Comalcalco, Tabasco, Mexico – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 10 May, 2020. Source: Facebook Please help us in adding details.

10May

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Rosemary Coutou-Figaro, Nurse

Rosemary Coutou-Figaro - a Nurse at Kingsbrook Jewish Hospital, Brooklyn, New York – passed away on 9 April,2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Rosemary was 52 years old. Her sister said: “One of the frontline workers who cared for the elderly and other COVID patients, she died as a hero fighting to save others while her life remained on the line. Now she is flying high as an angel looking down at us. You will never be forgotten my friend.” Source: Loop Please help us in adding details.

9May

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Germany, Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Roy Horn, magician

Roy Horn Roy Horn, one-half of the popular Las Vegas animal and magic act Siegfried and Roy, died on May 5, 2020, due to complications from the coronavirus. He was 75. Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn and Siegfried Fischbacher began their upbeat performances in Europe, later becoming regulars in Las Vegas, where they performed for four decades. "Roy was a fighter his whole life including during these final days," Fischbacher said in a statement. "I give my heartfelt appreciation to the team of doctors, nurses and staff at Mountain View Hospital who worked heroically against this insidious virus that ultimately took Roy's life." Their revue ended after Horn was attacked on stage by a white tiger named Mantecore in October 2003, severing his spine. Horn believed the attack was a reaction ...

9May

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Greece, High Profilers, Medics, Profiles

Dimitris Kremastinos, politician

Dr Dimitris Kremastinos Dr Dimitris Kremastinos ‑ a Greek politician who served as an MP ‑ died after suffering from COVID-19 on May 8, 2020. He was 78. Greece’s former health minister, cardiologist and university professor Dimitris Kremastinos was a widely respected doctor who became a household name in Greece as the personal physician of late Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou in the mid-1990s. He was admitted to Athens’ Evangelismos hospital on March 26. He died on May 8 after being in the intensive care unit for COVID-19.

9May

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Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Carlos Augusto Estorari, Physician

Carlos Augusto Estorari – a Physician in Parauapebas, Brazil – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Carlos was 48 years old. Please help us in adding details.

9May

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Medics, Montenegro, Profiles

Du koKljakić, OB-GYN

DukoKljakić – an OB-GYN, PhD at General Hospital "BlaoOrlandic," Bar, Montenegro – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 9 May, 2020. Du Kokljakic was 52 years old. Source: BARINFO Please help us in adding details.